Naidu to dedicate 'rebirth' to people

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who was injured in a mine blast on October 1, on Friday said he had received a "new lease of life".

"At Tirupati I had a providential escape, which I can only attribute to god's grace," he said at his Jubilee Hills residence in Hyderabad.

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Naidu said, "I will dedicate my rebirth to the people who prayed for me and wished my speedy recovery."

Clad in a dhoti and cream-coloured shirt with his injured left hand in a sling, Naidu said he did not recall much of the incident.

Naidu's day began with a panel of doctors examining him followed by brief meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani, President A P J Abdul Kalam, and Cabinet colleagues.