Condition of fasting TDP leaders deteriorating
Friday March 29, 2013 09:34:35 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: The
condition of some of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders deteriorated
Friday on the fourth day of their indefinite fast demanding
rollback of the hike in electricity tariff.
Out of 30 fasting legislators of TDP, half of them have taken ill
and the condition of some of them is critical, said party sources.
Doctors attending on the fasting leaders at Old MLA Quarters said
the leaders need immediate medical aid. Satyavati Rathod and a
couple of other women legislators are said to be seriously ill.
TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu's son N. Lokesh Friday called on
the fasting leaders to boost their morale. Talking to reporters,
he said it was unfortunate that the government was indifferent
towards the issue and was also insensitive to the condition of the
fasting leaders.
There were subdued celebrations of TDP's 31st anniversary. Some
leaders at the fasting camp tried to cheer up their colleagues by
dancing amid the drum beats.
Some other TDP leaders visited NTR Ghat here to pay tributes to
the party founder and former chief minister N. T. Rama Rao.
Popularly known as NTR, the film actor had floated TDP in 1982 to
end the Congress party's monopoly in state politics.
Naidu, who is away on a 'padyatra' in East Godavari district,
celebrated the day with party functionaries by cutting a cake and
unfurling the party flag.
Meanwhile, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) state
secretary B. V. Raghavulu called on the fasting TDP leaders to
express solidarity.
He said the condition of 10 to 15 leaders was serious but the
government remained indifferent. He advised the TDP leaders to
call off the fast in view of their deteriorating health.
The TDP leaders had launched the fast on the evening of March 26,
a couple of hours after the police arrested leaders of the Left
parties, who were on fast since March 23.
They are demanding the government to bear Fuel Surcharge
Adjustment (FSA) levied on consumers for buying electricity from
outside the state to meet the demand, withdraw the proposed hike
in electricity tariff and also take steps to tide over the
unprecedented electricity shortage.
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