N Chandrababu Naidu refuse to take treatment
N Chandrababu Naidu president of TDP was on an indefinite hunger strike demanding compensation for farmers. His condition is getting worst now but he has refused to take any medication, as informed by officials.
The former AP chief minister was arrested this morning and admitted to the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) here.
A senior official of NIMS informed, “He is refusing to take any medication or diet and is taking only water. There is certainly some anxiety about his health.”
Principal Secretary (Health) P V Ramesh, who is also director (in charge) of NIMS, said a six—member expert team of doctors has been constituted to constantly monitor the Leader of Opposition. Ramesh said, “Given his health condition, Mr. Naidu should immediately call off his fast.”
State Health Minister D L Ravindra Reddy said Mr. Naidu was shifted to NIMS only after his health condition deteriorated. “A group of ministers discussed Mr. Naidu health report and took the decision to shift him to hospital. There is no politics in the decision,” the Minister maintained. Mr. Naidu’s blood sugar level had dropped resulting in fluctuations in his heart beat, he said.
The government was also consulting Mr. Naidu family doctor Somaraju over his health.
Deploring the arrest of the TDP chief, they demanded that the government immediately concede his demands and come to the rescue of distraught farmers. Ajit Singh said the relief announced by Andhra Pradesh government to distressed farmers was only an “eye—wash“.
Mr. Sudhakar Reddy said, “CPI General Secretary A.B. Bardhan is addressing a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding payment of enhanced relief to calamity—hit farmers immediately.”
Also a state-wide bandh is being observed in Andhra Pradesh to protest the former Chief Minister’s arrest. TDP and Left workers staged rasta-roko in many towns blocking movement of buses. They also staged protests in front of several RTC bus depots and did not allow buses to move out. The protestors also stopped public transport buses at many bus stations in the state.
