Former PM Manmohan Singh hospitalised, condition critical

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been admitted to the emergency department of AIIMS Delhi after his health deteriorated on Thursday. While the exact cause behind the hospitalisation is yet to be known, the former PM's condition is reportedly critical. A CRPF team brought Manmohan Singh to AIIMS at around 8 pm, and his daughter was also present.

He had faced health concerns many times over the past several years. He had undergone a redo cardiac surgery, including five bypasses in the year



2009.

He underwent a bypass surgery in 1990 and a stenting procedure in 2004.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, currently in Belagavi, Karnataka, for the Congress Working Committee meeting, are expected to leave for Delhi tonight, according to party sources. Senior party leader Sonia Gandhi is also likely to reach AIIMS shortly, sources added.

The Congress has cancelled a rally planned as part of the CWC meeting in Belagavi in view of Singh's deteriorating health condition.