Will Congress be able to deal with the loss of its strongest contender?

During his first tenure of YS Rajasekhara Reddy as chief minister, a slew of welfare measures had touched every family in Andhra Pradesh and so did the tremendous shock when his chopper was reported to have crashed on Wednesday. YSR (60) was declared dead early Thursday morning. Varghese K George, Bureau Chief, Hindustan Times, speaks on can Congress possibly replace one of its strongest contenders.