Congress legislator Uma Thomas, who fell down from the stage on the first floor while attending a function at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Saturday evening, has been put on ventilator support at a private hospital.<\/p>\n
She had reached the venue where a record-breaking dance performance was being held.<\/p>\n
After greeting the State Culture Minister Saji Cherian as she was moving towards her seat in the VIP pavilion, she tripped a barricade and fell down about 15 feet.<\/p>\n
Due to the impact of the fall, she was bleeding from the head and nose, according to eyewitnesses.<\/p>\n
With a medical team at the venue, she was quickly moved to a nearby private hospital.<\/p>\n
A medical team is now looking after her and according to the hospital authorities, she has been put on ventilator support and her condition is serious.<\/p>\n
Uma Thomas, the wife of late Congress veteran P.T. Thomas, represents the Thrikkakara Assembly constituency.<\/p>\n
Thomas passed away in 2021 and the Congress party decided to field Uma, who during her college days was a very active Congress student leader.<\/p>\n
In the by-election held a few months after Thomas passed away, she won a stellar victory.<\/p>\n
She won with a margin of over 25,000 votes, much to the surprise of all, as the Left led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had launched a blistering campaign by fielding an interventional cardiologist Joe Joseph and had announced that the Congress bastion at Thrikkakara would be breached.<\/p>\n
Incidentally, P.T. Thomas had represented the Thrikkakara constituency from 2016 onwards and won the 2021 polls too but passed away in December 2021.<\/p>\n
He had represented the Idukki Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 to 14 and had earlier won from the Thodupuzha Assembly constituency twice.<\/p>\n
Following her victory, the Congress party got its first woman legislator in the present Assembly.<\/p>\n
Uma made her presence in the Assembly through her polite nature and was well-studied when she made her speeches.<\/p>\n
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