LK Advani admitted to Apollo hospital in Delhi

New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Veteran BJP Leader LK Advani was admitted to Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in the national capital on Tuesday for a routine follow check up.

According to Dr Vinit Suri, a senior consultant in the neurology department of the hospital, the BJP leader is likely to be discharged soon.

He said the BJP leader has been admitted at Apollo Hospital for a “routine follow-up check-up”.

“He is fine and likely to be discharged soon,” Dr Suri told ANI.

The 96-year-old leader is stable and under observation.

The BJP leader was earlier admitted to the Apollo Hospital on July 3 and discharged after a brief stay. Days before admission to Apollo Hospital, Advani was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital and discharged a day later.

He was conferred Bharat Ratna by President Droupadi Murmu in March this year.

Born in Karachi (present-day Pakistan) on November 8, 1927, Advani joined the RSS as a Swayamsevak in 1942. He served as the BJP president from 1986 to 1990, 1993 to 1998 and from 2004 to 2005.