File photo of YSR Congress MP Jagan Mohan Reddy
YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, was shifted from jail to a government hospital as his health deteriorated late on Thursday night.
Jagan Reddy, who has been on a fast for five days, had reportedly refused to take glucose or IV fluids.
The 40-year-old was seen in a red t-shirt as he was taken out of a bullet-proof car into Hyderabad's Osmania General hospital, a little before midnight.
"A health check-up has been done and Jagan's glucose level is decreasing while blood pressure and pulse rate are normal," a senior jail official said.
Jagan began his fast after his mother, a YSR Congress president YS Vijayamma, was forced to end her indefinite fast and taken to hospital.
The YSR Congress has been protesting against the creation of a separate Telangana state announced last month by the ruling Congress.
Jagan's mother accompanied him from the jail to the hospital, where several party leaders and a large number of Jagan's supporters had gathered.
Jagan has been in the Chanchalguda Central Prison since May last year after his arrest by the CBI on corruption charges.