Photographs: Snaps India
Thousands of mourners today swarmed the city to bid a tearful adieu to the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on his final journey to his native Kadapa district.
The body of the ex-chief minister, the man who revived the Congress party's fortunes in Andhra Pradesh in 2004 after a 10-year hiatus, will be laid to rest in his hometown of Pulivendula in Kadapa at 5 pm today.
Text: PTI
Andhra Pradesh pays homage to YSR
The last journey began from his house in Begumpet after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and top Congress leaders paid homage and placed wreaths on his body.
Andhra Pradesh pays homage to YSR
Union ministers P Chidambaram, A K Antony, V Veerappa Moily, Prithviraj Chavan, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi besides Chief Ministers Sheila Dixit, Ashok Gehlot and several senior political leaders consoled the late leaders' family members.
Andhra Pradesh pays homage to YSR
Wrapped in Tri-colour and kept in a bedecked open armytruck, the body was taken first to Gandhi Bhavan -- the state
headquarters of the Congress -- in Nampally.
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