Several prominent people of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have expressed grief over the sudden death of Andhra Pradesh Industries & IT Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy.
AP Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and his wife Y S Bharathi laid wreaths and paid floral tributes to the departed leader
They spent some time at the residence and consoled the minister's wife Keerthi and daughter Ananya Reddy.
They also consoled Goutham Reddy's father Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy, and his mother.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao too expressed shock at the sudden demise of Reddy, and extended sympathies to the bereaved family members.
Industries & Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao visited the house of Reddy in Jubilee Hills and consoled the family members. He said that he had had a 12-year-long association with the departed minister, and that they were close friends. Other Telangana ministers Harish Rao and Srinivas Yadav, AP ministers, MPs, MLAs and others too consoled the family members of Reddy.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, senior Congress leaders K V P Ramachandra Rao, MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and K Jana Reddy were among others who visited the residence of Reddy and paid their last respects to the departed soul. They all expressed shock and grief at the death of the young minister.
Several film stars too condoled the death of the AP minister.