Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani admitted to hospital, kept under observation

New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishan Advani was admitted to the Neuro Department of Indraprastha Apollo Hospital on Tuesday again around a month after being discharged.

According to the Apollo Hospital, the BJP leader is stable and under observation.

Earlier, the 96-year-old leader was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Sarita Vihar at 9 pm on July 3 and was under the observation of Dr Vinit Suri.

He was discharged from the Apollo Hospital on July 4 where he was admitted.

Advani served as Deputy Prime Minister in the NDA government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee from 2002 to 2004. 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 National President from 1986 to 1990, then from 1993 to 1998, and from 2004 to 2005. Advani had served as the President of the party for the longest period since its inception in 1980.

Capping a parliamentary career of nearly three decades, LK Advani was first the Home Minister and, later, the Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1999-2004).