Mahabubabad: Narrow escape for students at Vem Narender Reddy’s birthday celebrations

A birthday celebration for government advisor Vem Narendar Reddy in Mahabubabad turned controversial after legislator Murali Naik involved schoolchildren in the event and burst hand-held crackers, causing panic among them. Videos of the incident, showing Congress leaders laughing as children fled sparks and smoke, went viral on social media.

Mahabubabad: That the Congress leaders would go to any length to show their sycophancy towards their leaders was once again proved on Friday.

The Mahabubabad legislator Murali Naik put a group of school children at risk while celebrating the birthday of Vem Narendar Reddy, Government Advisor and a close confidant of CM Revanth Reddy at Kesamudram agricultural market on Friday.

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The legislator and his followers brought in children from a private school to the programme, where they cut a birthday cake. Later the legislator burst hand-held crackers shaped like a trident. While the legislator and another person held aloft the hand-held crackers, sparks and thick plumes of smoke emanated.

The school girls panicked and tried to run away as the sparks began to shower on them. Even while the panicked students began scampering out, the Congress leaders were heard laughing loudly.

The videos of the entire episode were captured by people at the venue and shared extensively on social media. Condemning the incident, Abdul Haleem, an X user urged the Mahabubabad Collector to conduct an inquiry into the incident and initiate action accordingly.

A major mishap was narrowly averted during the birthday celebrations of Vem Narender Reddy, advisor to CM Revanth Reddy, at Kesamudram Agricultural Market in Mahabubabad district.

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