By IANS,
Hyderabad : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, general secretary Rahul Gandhi and several central ministers Friday paid homage to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy who died in a helicopter crash Wednesday.
The leaders, who flew in from New Delhi, reached the chief minister’s camp office in Begumpet and paid their floral tributes to the mortal remains of YSR, as the chief minister was popularly known.
Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi laid wreaths on the body. They consoled YSR’s wife Vijayalakshmi, son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, daughter Sharmila and other family members. The leaders, who were accompanied by nearly a dozen central ministers, also wrote their condolence messages in a book.
Andhra Pradesh Governor Narayan Dutt Tiwari and central ministers including P. Chidambaram, A.K. Antony, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Praful Patel, Salman Khursheed, Prithvi Raj Chauhan and Veerappa Moily paid their last respects.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar paid homage Thursday night while central minister for health Gulam Nabi Azad paid his respects early Friday.