Telangana minister Vakiti Srihari on Tuesday sprang into action and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the personal secretary to a senior IAS officer after the official reportedly collapsed suddenly on the Assembly premises in Hyderabad.
Srihari, who serves as the state animal husbandry and sports minister, noticed that Raju had collapsed. Footage of the incident captured the minister attempting to resuscitate the collapsed employee by administering CPR on the spot. Shortly after his initial efforts, a medical professional arrived at the scene and took over. The friction quickly escalated as a political face-off broke out between the Congress and the BRS. Telangana chief minister A.
The government employee who collapsed was identified as Krishna Mohan Raju, 50, who was working as the PS to senior IAS officer Navin Mittal, news agency PTI reported, citing sources.
Meanwhile, a sharp political controversy broke out on the opening day of the Assembly session, following a tense standoff between BRS leaders and officials on the Assembly grounds, according to news agency ANI. Revanth Reddy and deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka visited Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar in his chamber on Tuesday to convey their full support.
