YS Sharmila launched an indefinite hunger strike at party headquarters on Friday
Hyderabad:
Police broke the indefinite fast of YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) party chairman YS Sharmila in protest at her alleged refusal to allow ‘padayatra’ to continue across the state and transferred her to a hospital here for a few hours on a Sunday, after her health deteriorated.
YS Sharmila launched an indefinite hunger strike at party headquarters here on Friday.
The police forced the media staff, party leaders and cadres to leave the venue and blocked the way for Sharmila to fast before she was “forced” to be transported to the hospital at around 1 a.m. today, the party said. know.
Sharmila didn’t even drink water, causing her condition to deteriorate rapidly.
Doctors who are monitoring her health say Sharmila’s blood pressure and blood sugar have dropped to alarming levels, and expressed concern that dehydration could lead to an electrolyte imbalance, enough strong enough to jeopardize her kidneys, the party said in a statement.
Sharmila, the daughter of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, submitted a memorandum to the statue of Ambedkar near Hussain Sagar lake on Friday protesting her refusal to grant permission for her ‘padayatra’ and seek to find a way organize a fast there.
Police said that since such fasts were not allowed at the Ambedkar monument, where activities such as laying wreaths and filing memos are usually held, she was transferred to her party office. locally Lotus Pond here.
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