Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy led a large number of dignitaries in paying a tearful farewell to departed Information Technology Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy as his mortal remains were consigned to flames with State honours at Udayagiri in Nellore district on Wednesday.
Assembly Speaker T. Seethram, Government Adviser (Public Affairs) Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, Government Chief Whip G. Srikanth Reddy, Ministers P. Anil Kumar, B. Srinivasa Reddy, A. Suresh, B. Rajendranath Reddy, M. Sankaranarayana and P. Venkatramaiah were among those who paid their last respects as Goutham Reddy’s son Krishnarjun Reddy lit the funeral pyre. Goutham Reddy’s father and former YSRC Parliamentary Party leader Rajamohan Reddy was present.
A galaxy of leaders, including Members of Parliament Ayodhya Ramireddy, P.V. Mithun Reddy, A. Prabhakar Reddy, M. Gurumoorthy and Galla Jayadav; legislators M. Chandrasekhar Reddy, B. Karunakar Reddy, K. Govardhan Reddy, A. Ramanarayana Reddy, K. Sanjeeviah, Ramireddy Pratap Kumar Reddy, V. Varaprasada Rao, K. Balarama Krishnamurthy, and A. Ram Babu; and MLCs Pothula Sunitha, B. Kalyan Chakravarthi and Vakatti Narayana Reddy paid homage to the departed leader.
