<p>An eight-month-old baby died due to the delay in reaching hospital as the auto-rickshaw carrying her was stopped allegedly for a procession of Andhra Pradesh's newly-appointed Women and Child Welfare Minister, Usha Sricharan.</p>.<p>The incident occurred near Kalyandurgam in Anantapur district on Friday night.</p>.<p>According to Ganesh and Eshwaramma, they were taking their sick child to the Rural Development Trust (RDT) hospital when their auto-rickshaw was stopped by the police for the minister's procession.</p>.<p>The couple alleged that a half-an-hour delay in taking the baby to the hospital resulted in her death.</p>.<p>The procession was taken out to welcome Usha Sricharan, who was visiting her constituency for the first time after being inducted into the state Cabinet earlier this week.</p>.<p>The police had stopped traffic for the procession and as a result the auto carrying the child also got stuck.</p>.<p>A Dalit group along with the baby's parents and the deceased's body staged a protest outside the hospital demanding action against the police officers responsible for the tragedy, while the district police denied that it had stopped the traffic.</p>.<p>The main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) called it a 'murder' by the minister and police. TDP President and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu questioned why a sick baby was not allowed to reach the hospital on time.</p>.<p>"What is the answer you have for the grief-stricken parents of the infant," he asked the government.</p>.<p>TDP General Secretary and Chandrababu Naidu's son, Nara Lokesh, demanded action against the police officers who stopped the traffic and became the cause of the baby's death.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>An eight-month-old baby died due to the delay in reaching hospital as the auto-rickshaw carrying her was stopped allegedly for a procession of Andhra Pradesh's newly-appointed Women and Child Welfare Minister, Usha Sricharan.</p>.<p>The incident occurred near Kalyandurgam in Anantapur district on Friday night.</p>.<p>According to Ganesh and Eshwaramma, they were taking their sick child to the Rural Development Trust (RDT) hospital when their auto-rickshaw was stopped by the police for the minister's procession.</p>.<p>The couple alleged that a half-an-hour delay in taking the baby to the hospital resulted in her death.</p>.<p>The procession was taken out to welcome Usha Sricharan, who was visiting her constituency for the first time after being inducted into the state Cabinet earlier this week.</p>.<p>The police had stopped traffic for the procession and as a result the auto carrying the child also got stuck.</p>.<p>A Dalit group along with the baby's parents and the deceased's body staged a protest outside the hospital demanding action against the police officers responsible for the tragedy, while the district police denied that it had stopped the traffic.</p>.<p>The main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) called it a 'murder' by the minister and police. TDP President and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu questioned why a sick baby was not allowed to reach the hospital on time.</p>.<p>"What is the answer you have for the grief-stricken parents of the infant," he asked the government.</p>.<p>TDP General Secretary and Chandrababu Naidu's son, Nara Lokesh, demanded action against the police officers who stopped the traffic and became the cause of the baby's death.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>