Jaya appeals to Naidu to give up fast

AIADMK General Secretary Jayalaithaa today appealed to former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to give up his fast, saying his life was far too precious to be sacrificed at the altar of 'cut-throat' politics.

AIADMK General Secretary Jayalaithaa on Friday appealed to former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to give up his fast, saying his life was far too precious to be sacrificed at the altar of 'cut-throat' politics.

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"I would like to point out that your life is far too precious to be sacrificed at the altar of cut-throat politics. You have to be around to take up many more public causes. As such I call upon you to treat this as my personal request to you to kindly give up you fast and take the protest to a different level", she said in a statement here.

"Public interest will ultimately triumph", she said.

Appreciating Naidu's concern for the people of Andhra Pradesh, she said "however, it is with considerable apprehension that I learn that your fast has entered the 8th day without eliciting any response from the state government".

"It is a pity that Gandhian methods of protest, which were so effective against the British, are totally lost on Gandhi's Congress party that is in power both at the Centre and in Andhra Pradesh".

Doctors took the help of the police to shift Naidu to the ICU as he refused to be moved. The authorities invoked the order issued by the Metropolitan Magistrate Court on December 21 to forcibly carry out their operation.