NE NEWS SERVICE
HYDERABAD, FEB 21
Andhra Pradesh minister for Industries and Information Technology, Mekapati Goutham Reddy passed away here in the early hours of Monday. He was 50.
Goutham Reddy, who represents Atmakur constituency of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh, suffered a stroke in the early hours and was rushed to Apollo Hospials here. He died while being treated. He is survived by his wife, son and a daughter.
Goutham Reddy had just returned from Dubai where he represented the Government of Andhra aPradesh in the Dubai Expo 2020. The minister’s visit generated a potential investment of Rs 10,350 crore for Andhra Pradesh.
He was a member of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly representing the Atmakur assembly constituency of Nellore district. Reddy was born on 31 December 1976 at Brahmanapalli village, Marripadu mandal in Nellore district to former MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy and Manimanjari. He did his MSc in textiles at the University of Manchester in the UK.
He was survived by his wife Sri Keerthi, daughter Ananya Reddy and son Arjun Reddy. He was also the Managing Director of KMC industries. He was first elected as MLA from Atmakur in 2014 and then in 2019. He became a minister in the Andhra Pradesh cabinet led by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy after YSRCP came to power in 2019.
CM YS Jagan expresses deep shock
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has expressed deep shock and profound grief over the untimely demise of his cabinet colleague Mekapati Goutham Reddy, said a press release.
Terming Goutham Reddy as a young promising leader who was known to him since early days, the Chief Minister expressed anguish over the tragic incident and said that words fail to describe the loss of his young cabinet colleague.
“He conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members with a heavy heart,” added the release.
Goutham Reddy’s Telangana counterpart KT Rama Rao took to Twitter to express condolences.
Minister @KTRTRS paid his last respects to Andhra Pradesh IT & Industries Minister Sri Mekapati Goutham Reddy at the latter’s residence in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. pic.twitter.com/CRZuxhg3Fh
— KTR, Former Minister (@MinisterKTR) February 21, 2022
KT Rama Rao tweeted saying, “Deeply saddened & shocked beyond belief to learn about the sudden demise of dear friend Mekapati Goutham Garu. My heartfelt condolences to the family & friends in this hour of grief. Gone too soon brother. Pray that you rest in peace.” (sic.)
The statement issued by the hospital said, “Today morning Mr. Gautam Reddy 50/M was brought to Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills in an emergency. He had collapsed suddenly at home. He arrived into our ER at 07:45 am and was unresponsive, not breathing, and in cardiac arrest on arrival.” It further said, “He received immediate CPR and advanced cardiac life support in our emergency department. The emergency medicine team and specialists including cardiologists and critical care doctors have attended to him. CPR was done for more than 90mins. Despite our best efforts, he could not be revived.”
He was declared to have died at 9:16 am today morning.
