Idupulapaya (Kadapa), Sept 4 (PTI) Lakhs of people today bid a tearful farewell to charismatic Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, who was killed in a helicopter crash, as his body was interred in his family's expansive estate here after a state funeral.
The last rites were performed in this rural town in Pulivendla constituency after a galaxy of national leaders including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Leader of the Opposition L K Advani joined a sea of humanity that had come all parts of the state to bid adieu to him in Hyderabad.
60-year-old Reddy's son Jaganmohan (36), the cynosure of all eyes against the backof a succession race for the Chief Minister's post, was composed with hands folded acknowledging the mourners, many of whom raised slogans like "YSR amar rahe" (long live his memory).
