Hyderabad/Kadapa, September 02: The first death anniversary of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was observed across the state today.
Family members of the late YSR and senior Congress leaders, including Union Minister Veerappa Moily paid homage at the ‘YSR Ghat’, his burial site, inside the family estate at Idupulapaya in Kadapa district, while the state government organised several functions.
Son Jagan, his mother and Pulivendula MLA Y S Vijayalakshmi and other family members took part in special prayers conducted at a church inside the estate.
Thousands of people, who thronged the estate to pay tributes to YSR, were fed on the occasion.
Moily, who came on behalf of the AICC, offered floral tributes to YSR in the presence of Jagan, Congress Rajya Sabha member K V P Ramachandra Rao, state Agriculture Minister N Raghuveera Reddy and other Congress leaders.
–Agencies