Andhra Pradesh minister for Industries and Information Technology Mekapati Goutham Reddy died of cardiac arrest at the age of 49 on Monday.
According to reports, he was in Dubai to bring in investment for the state and had returned to Hyderabad on Sunday. The minister collapsed at his home and was rushed to Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, where he was declared dead.
Twitter mourns after the sudden demise of Mekapathi Goutham Reddy. Regarded as the most humble politician, Twitterati shared his pictures and videos on social media.
Hailing from the Nellore district, Goutham Reddy was elected to the Assembly from the Atmakur constituency on YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) ticket in 2014 and 2019. After YSRCP came to power in 2019, Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy inducted him into the cabinet and entrusted him with the portfolio of industries and information technology.
Son of former YSRCP MP Mekapati Rajmohan Reddy, Goutham Reddy was an industrialist politician and was one of the highly educated ministers. He was known as a friendly and affable person in political circles.