Tearful adieu to Andhra CM YSR

Lakhs of mourners swarmed Hyderabad to bid a tearful adieu to Y S Rajasekhara Reddy,Andhra CM, who was killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, on his final journey to his native Kadappa district.

The body was wrapped in a tri-colour and kept in an open army truck decorated with flowers for taking it to Gandhi Bhavan,State Headquarters of Congress in Nampally as thousands of mourners chanting Reddy's name followed the vehicle.

Reddy's son Jagan Mohan, Rajya Sabha member and close aide of Reddy, K V P Ramchandra Rao and Congress MP Mohammed Azharuddin were among those who stood near the casket carrying YS Reddy's body with hundreds of police personnel surrounding the truck.

The body is now being taken to his hometown Pulivendla in Kadapa for last rites this evening.


All leaders from country and state played wreaths on Reddy's body and also wrote condolence messages at the Chief Minister's camp office in Begumpet.