BJP veteran LK Advani admitted to Apollo Hospital with chest infection

Veteran BJP leader and former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani, 98, was admitted to Apollo Hospital in New Delhi on Friday evening with a chest infection. His condition is said to be stable.He was brought to the hospital around 7.30 pm and is being treated in the pulmonary department.Advani was admitted to the same hospital in May for age-related ailments and discharged after a few days.He was also hospitalised several times in 2024, including at Apollo and the AIl India Institute of Medical Sciences. In December that year, he received intensive care before being discharged on December 25. The latest hospitalisation comes nine days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Advani at his Delhi residence on October 7 to seek his blessings on completing 25 years as a head of government.After the meeting, Modi said Advani’s decades of public service had left a lasting imprint on national life. Modi first took office as Gujarat chief minister on October 7, 2001, and became prime minister in 2014. Advani received the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, in March 2024. President Droupadi Murmu presented the award at his residence in the presence of PM Modi and other senior leaders.Born in Karachi in 1927, Advani moved to India during Partition in 1947. He became a central figure in the BJP’s rise and served three terms as its president.He was Union Home Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2004.- Ends