President of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chandrababu Naidu arrested was arrested today on Dec 20, 2010 and has been taken to hospital from hunger strike. Nara Chandrababu Naidu was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1995 to 2004. The party president Nara Chandrababu Naidu who was on a hunger strike was forcibly taken in to custody from the MLA quarters in Hyderabad.

Chandrababu Naidu started hunger strike demanding for compensation for the farmers. However after seven long hours of negotiation, the police had a clash with the TDP workers and had also injured many of them. The police was forced to take the step as the sources had said that, Naidu’s blood sugar levels had gone down on Sunday night.

In the encounter with police, many activists including Naidu’s son Lokesh and MLC YVB Rajendra Prasad were also injured. Naidu had been booked under section 309 of Indian Penal Code, which accuses him of ‘attempt to commit suicide’. While the other party leaders, have been booked under section 353 of IPC (preventing a public servant from discharging his duties). Due to the incident and Naidu’s arrest, the party workers have called for a ‘bandh’(closure) in the state on Monday.

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