PNS|Vijayawada
Actor-turned-politician Nandamuri Taraka Ratna collapsed soon after the ‘Yuva Galam Padayatra’ of TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh got underway in Kuppam on Friday.
Taraka Ratna was shifted to hospital, where he is said to be in stable condition. The incident occurred shortly after Lokesh began his 4,000-km-long ‘padayatra’ when there was a stampede-like scene outside a mosque he visited.
Following Lokesh’s exit from the temple, a significant number of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) workers surged forward. The actor collapsed and fainted as the TDP activists tried to have a glimpse of Lokesh in the narrow street. TDP officials in the area took him to a private hospital in Kuppam. Taraka Ratna’s uncle and actor N Balakrishna paid a visit to the hospital. Later, the actor was taken to a hospital in Bangalore. Taraka Ratna was seen being shifted to a hospital by doctors in a widely shared video. He allegedly underwent multiple tests at the hospital, but the doctors have yet to issue an official statement about his health condition.
