NELLORE: Hundreds of followers paid tearful adieu to the deceased industries minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy on Wednesday. The funeral was held with full state honours at Mekapati Institute of Technology and Sciences at Udayagiri.
Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy attended the funeral and paid his last respects to his closest friend. However, the CM had a tough time in managing his emotions at the funeral site as he was unable to console Goutham's father Rajamohan Reddy and children when they wept and wailed while making arrangements to perform the final rites.
