Fasting Naidu shifted to hospital, party calls state bandh

Agencies
Hyderabad, December 20, 2010

First Published: 09:15 IST(20/12/2010) Last Updated: 09:21 IST(20/12/2010)

Telugu Desam Party president Chandrababu Naidu who has been fasting to demand more compensation for Andhra farmers was shifted to hospital this morning as his health condition deteriorated. His blood sugar level is believed to have dropped on Sunday night, due to which he was forcibly taken to the

Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, amidst high drama.

Telugu Desam Party workers have called for a bandh in the state on Monday.

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu on Friday launched an indefinite hunger strike demanding that the state and the central governments immediately provide succour to hapless farmers and artisans who faced the brunt of nature's fury in the last one year. The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister expressed serious displeasure over the relief announced by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and demanded higher compensation as the loss was enormous.

Naidu, the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, launched the indefinite hunger strike at the new MLA quarters at Adarsh Nagar close to the state Secretariat after paying homage to TDP founder-president N T Rama Rao at the NTR Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi's statue at the Assembly and B R Ambedkar at Tank Bund.