The health of former minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy started deteriorating on the third day of his indefinite hunger fast on Thursday.
He had launched an indefinite fast along with his hundreds of supporters near Clock Tower at Nalgonda on November 1 demanding statehood for the Telangana region.
According to a medical bulletin released by a team of private doctors who conducted a medical check-up on Thursday morning, the former minister's health is deteriorating.
Doctors say that his blood pressure and sugar levels were below normal. He has also lost 4 kilograms in the last two days.
Since Komatireddy is already an asthma patient, doctors fear that his condition may deteriorate further if he continues the fast.
However, Komatireddy has said that he was firm on continuing his fast until the Centre announces the roadmap for the formation of a Telangana state.
Meanwhile, hundreds of political activists, NGOs, students and people from various parts from Nalgonda and surrounding districts have started gathering at the hunger strike camp to express their solidarity.
According to sources, all legislators of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi are likely to visit Nalgonda on Friday to express their solidarity with Komatireddy's fast.
The TRS MLAs would first meet at the Legislative Assembly at around 8am and then proceed to Nalgonda in a convoy.
Meanwhile, freedom fighter Konda Laxman Bapuji is also continuing the fast that he started on November 1 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi demanding statehood for Telangana region. (INN)
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