Minister for Civil Supplies Gangula Kamalakar had a narrow escape after a country boat in which he was about to enter heeled to a side in the lake.
The alert security personnel immediately grabbed the minister and brought him ashore to safety.
The incident happened when Kamalakar was participating in the Cheruvula Panduga program organised as part of the Telangana Formation Day celebrations at the Asifanagar village tank in the Karimnagar Rural mandal today.
After performing pujas at the tank, the minister on the request of party activists tried to get on to the boat. When he was stepping in, the boat excessively heeled to a side, which led to the minister falling into the water.
However, since the lake was shallow at that spot, he did not suffer much damage, and the security personnel rescued him safely.