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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Many attend Ammannamma's funeral

By Our Special Correspondent

The TDP president, N. Chandrababu Naidu, and his younger brother, N. Ramamurthy Naidu, performing the last rites of their mother, Ammannamma on Saturday. Mr. Ramamurthy Naidu, lit the pyre.

TIRUPATI. Jan. 8. Ammannamma (72), mother of the Telugu Desam Party president, N. Chandrababu Naidu, was on Saturday cremated even as large number of his party colleagues from all over the State attended the funeral at his native Naravaripalle, 25 km from here.

A sombre looking Naidu stood with folded hands even as his younger brother, Nara Ramamurthy Naidu, lit the pyre at the end of an hour-long ceremony. The cremation was performed in the private graveyard of the Naidus where his father, Kharjura Naidu, was also laid to rest. Mr. Naidu earlier flew into Tirupati along with his wife, Bhuvaneswari, and other family members by a private chartered airliner and immediately proceeded to his ancestral house where the body was kept in state to help people pay their last respects.

Ammannamma, who was admitted to the TTD super specialities hospital, SVIMS on Wednesday after she suffered a massive heart attack, never regained full consciousness and eventually breathed her last at half past midnight. Mr. Naidu had called on his mother in the ICCU on Thursday along with the cardiologist and the NTR family's personal physician, Somaraju, and returned to Hyderabad as the doctors decided that she must be kept under observation for some more time.

Colleagues call on Naidu

Notable among those who called on Mr. Naidu and later participated in the funeral were several former Ministers, MPs, present and former MLAs, TDP's Polit Bureau members and others. They included Y. Ramakrishnudu, Devendra Goud, Kodela Sivaprasada Rao, B. Gopalakrishna Reddy, T. Nageswara Rao, Ramachandraiah, D.K. Audikesavulu Naidu and Durga Ramakrishna.

Mourners from the Congress were the MLAs, M. Venkatramana (Tirupati), G. Muddukrishnama Naidu (Puttur) and G. Arunakumari (Chandragiri), besides the TUDA Chairman, B. Karunakara Reddy. Film actor and Mr. Naidu's brother-in-law, Balakrishna, and the Nandamuri brothers also consoled the Naidus. Mr. Naidu, after an overnight stay to perform the prescribed rituals due for tomorrow morning, is expected to fly back to Hyderabad.

YSR condoles death

Our Hyderabad Staff Reporter writes: The Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, expressed deep sorrow at the death of Ammanamma. In his message, he conveyed condolences and sympathy to the bereaved family members. Dr. Reddy telephoned Mr. Naidu in the morning after learning about the death.

The BJP State unit expressed grief at the death of Mr. Naidu's mother. K. Lakshman, general secretary, conveyed condolences to the family. The TDP condoled the death at a meeting held at NTR Trust Bhavan here on Saturday. As a mark of respect, the training programme for partymen was postponed.

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