Chandrababu Naidu in prison
In Hyderabad On Friday, the family of N Chandrababu Naidu members and party leaders expressed grave concern about the former’s health conditions in Rajahmundry Central Jail, where he had been detained on judicial remand for more than a month. N Chandrababu Naidu is the president of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and a former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Naidu facing serious health issues
According to his family, Naidu has been experiencing rashes since Thursday due to a skin allergy and has been dehydrated due to the oppressive heat and humidity in the prison.
Nara Bhuvaneshwari, Naidu’s wife, expressed her deep concern for her husband’s wellbeing on X (formerly Twitter), saying that the state government has failed to give him the prompt medical care he urgently needs in prison. She had visited him in the jail during the “mulaqat” (interaction) on Friday morning.
“He has already lost 5 kg weight, and any further weight loss could have severe consequences for his kidneys. The overhead water tanks are unsanitary and pose a serious health risk. These dire circumstances create a clear and immediate threat to my husband’s life,” she posted.
“He is deliberately being harmed…” says family
There is an unquestionable and urgent threat to Naidu’s life, according to Nara Lokesh, the TDP general secretary and Naidu’s son. “He is being deliberately harmed. His safety is unquestionably at risk,” he said.
The TDP leader, according to Lokesh, is living with mosquitoes and receiving tainted water, making for a dangerous situation. He claimed that the man was experiencing allergies, infections, and weight loss without timely access to medical care.
The TDP general secretary questioned what the government physicians and administration were trying to conceal when he said that the state government was trying to give Naidu steroids. “If any harm befalls @ncbn garu, @ysjagan will be responsible,” Lokesh posted.
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TDP going for legal action to transfer Chandrababu Naidu to hospital over health concerns
TDP spokeswoman Kommareddy Pattabhi informed reporters that the party was pursuing legal action to transfer Naidu to a government hospital with access to all medical facilities or to a super speciality hospital. “On the one side Naidu is suffering from dehydration and on the other he has some skill allergy issues. The medical treatment extended to him inside the jail is not at all satisfactory,” Pattabhi observed.
In the meantime, TDP lawmakers K Rammohan Naidu and Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar penned a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing concern over the health of their party leader and requesting his assistance to ensure Naidu received the finest care possible.
False stories being painted by TDP and family of Naidu?
According to deputy inspector general of prisons for north coastal Andhra, Ravi Kiran, the claims that Naidu had lost five kg of weight in the previous month were completely untrue. “When he was brought into the jail on the night of September 10, his weight was 66 kg and today his weight is 67 kg,” he said.
The DIG stated that Naidu is receiving oral rehydration solution (ORS) in response to worries that he may be dehydrated. He acknowledged that Naidu had rashes and skin allergies, and that a group of dermatologists from the Government General Hospital in Rajahmundry had treated him by administering lotion and medications for the skin allergies.
“Otherwise, his health is absolutely fine. There are no security lapses for him either,” he said. Ravi Kiran remarked that Naidu was a remand prisoner and had the same amenities as the other 2,100 inmates in response to Bhuvaneshwari’s concern that Naidu was receiving filthy water from the above tank.
“We are going as per the rules. There is no scope for providing air conditioners or coolers as per the jail manual. As per the court directions, he has been lodged in a special barrack and given access to home food and drinking water,” he said. Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, general secretary of the YSR Congress party and government advisor, called the TDP leaders’ worries about Naidu’s health in custody “a big drama.”
“He is a remand prisoner and whatever facilities that are given to a prisoner, he will also have to face. He should remember that jail is not his mother-in-law’s place, where air-conditioned rooms are provided. Even Laloo Prasad Yadav and Om Prakash Chautala, who are older than Naidu had to face the same jail conditoins,” Sajjala said, adding that there would be no special treatment to Naidu.
