Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on his way to meet his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday had a brief halt near here to attend a marriage ceremony. Reddy attended the wedding ceremony of YSR Congress Pathpatnam MLA Reddy Shanthi’s daughter Beditha at Purunapatana village in Andhra Pradesh situated close to Paralakhemundi town.He was accompanied by Deputy Chief Ministers D Krishna Das and Pushpa Sreevani and Assembly Speaker T Sitaram.
The entire road from Paralakhemundi to Purunpatna was crowded with people from both Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to have a glance of Reddy. It was difficult for police of both the States to control the traffic and crowd.