Sharmila seeks Jagan's blessings

Hyderabad, Dec 18, 2012: Ahead of a keyhole operation to her injured leg, Smt. Sharmila visited Chanchalguda jail and took the blessings of her brother and YSR Congress president Sri Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday.

Smt. Sharmila, who injured her right leg and sustained a ligament tear last week in LB Nagar constituency of Ranga Reddy district, was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad on Monday.

She was to have undergone the surgery this morning but she expressed a wish to visit her brother and seek his blessings before the operation. Family members then took her to the jail where she met Sri Jagan Mohan Reddy. The surgery is now scheduled to take place this evening in the Apollo Hospital.

Smt. Sharmila sustained the injury after she slipped while boarding a bus during her Maro Praja Prasthanam Padayatra on Friday. The injury aggravated as she continued with the walkathon resulting in the suspension of the Padayatra since Saturday.

Doctors, who examined her and conducted an MRI scan on her injury, suggested she needed a keyhole surgery to become normal before resuming her Padayatra. “She should rest at least for three weeks after the surgery,” Dr. Somasekhara Reddy said.