YSR laid to rest with full state honours

The late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has been laid to rest in his hometown Pulivendula, in Kadapa district. Thousands of mourners gathered to pay their last respects to their beloved leader. YSR, who died in a chopper crash Wednesday, was buried at his family estate Edupulapaya in Pulivendula town by the side of his parents. YSR’s body was flown on Friday afternoon to Pulivendula for burial.

There was an outpouring of grief across AP on with much of the state shutting down to mourn the late CM, whose funeral cortege snaked its way through surging crowds from his home in Hyderabad to the stadium where national leaders and people lined up to pay homage. That YSR was one of the Congress’ most powerful leaders was underscored by reports that 67 people had died in the state - either out of shock or by committing suicide - after hearing about the death.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi were among the many leaders who flew in from New Delhi to condole the death. Accompanied by several central ministers, they laid wreaths on the body placed in his residence and camp office in Begumpet. They met the late leader’s wife Vijayalakshmi, son Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who issued an appeal asking people not to commit suicide, and daughter Sharmila.


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