Congress Leader D Srinivas Laid To Rest With State Honours

Senior Congress leader Dharmapuri Srinivas was laid to rest with full State honours at a crematorium ground in Nizamabad town today.

The police fired three rounds in the air, marking the State honour.

Sanjay, the eldest son of Srinivas, performed the last rites.

DS' younger son, BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind, and other family members bid a tearful farewell to the departed soul.

Activists and leaders cutting across the party lines, and other people from all walks of life, gathered in large numbers for a last glimpse of DS, and participated in the funeral.

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy along with minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Government Adviser Shabbir Ali, former MP Madhu Yashki Goud, MLC Mahesh Kumar Goud, MLAs P Sudarshan Reddy and Bhupathi Reddy, Urdu Academy Chairman Taher Bin Hamdan, State Seeds Development Corporation Chairman Anvesh Reddy, Congress district president Manala Mohan Reddy, TPCC general secretary Gadugu Gangadhar and others were among those who paid their respects to Srinivas.

BJP MP Etala Rajender along some party MLAs and leaders also attended the last rites of the departed leader.

Heavy security arrangements were in place for the funeral.