Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu, whose hunger strike entered the seventh day, was forcefully administered intravenous fluids on Thursday evening by doctors of Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (Nims) as his health condition worsened.
Nims doctors, who are constantly monitoring the health of Naidu ever since he was arrested and shifted to the medical institute, were stated to have expressed apprehensions that the vital organs of the TDP chief would be affected if IV fluids were not injected into his body immediately.
Naidu went on an indefinite fast last week demanding better relief package for the affected farmers. He refused to end his fast despite repeated pleas by his party colleagues, leaders of other Opposition parties, doctors, his family members and representatives of the state government.
Consequently, with the help of police, doctors shifted Naidu to the intensive care unit and started treating him.
TDP intensifies stir
Meanwhile , the TDP intensified its stir and the party cadre blocked the highways across the state in protest against the “indifferent" attitude of the state government towards the plight of their leader and the farmers. The TDP legislators have decided to take out a ‘chalo Secretariat’ rally on Friday.
To resolve the alarming situation, chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy convened an all party meeting today. However, the talks initiated failed with the members of the TDP, CPI and CPI-M walking out of the meeting in protest. The leaders of the three parties said the chief minister stuck to the relief package announced in the recently-concluded Assembly session.
They were also not satisfied with the chief minister’s assurance that he would take an all-party delegation to Delhi to seek additional funds from the Centre for enhancing the package.
On the other hand, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, former member of Parliament and son of late chief minister, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, ended his two-day hunger strike he launched in protest against inadequate relief being provided to farmers. Reddy, who quit the Congress party recently, alleged that the ruling Congress government in the state had turned anti-farmer and would not survive for long.
