Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and a host of party leaders today paid homage to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR Reddy, who died in a chopper crash.
The Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Defence Minister A K Antony and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit placed wreaths on Reddy's body at the Chief Minister's Camp office in Begumpet area here.
The leaders also wrote condolence messages at the camp office.
The leaders arrived here early this morning by a special flight.
Home Minister P Chidambaram and other Union Ministers including Sushil Kumar Shinde, Salman Khurshid and Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari were among others who offered their tributes and placed wreaths on Reddy's body.
The leaders consoled the family members including the late Chief Minister's son Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Thousands of party workers, who came in from different parts of the state, also paid homage to their departed leader throughout the night.
The mortal remains of Reddy and four others, who died in a chopper crash in Kurnool district after it went missing on its way to Chittoor from Hyderabad on September 2, was brought to the city by a special IAF helicopter last evening.
Reddy's body will be taken to L B Stadium here to enable people to pay their last respects to the beloved leader. It will be later taken to his native place in Kadapa district.
