BJP Veteran L K Advani Hospitalised in Delhi

The 98-year-old former deputy prime minister and BJP veteran leader Lal Krishna Advani, who played a key role along with Atal Bihari Vajpayee in transforming the BJP into a main contender for power in India, has been admitted to Apollo Hospital in Delhi with a chest infection on Saturday

According to doctors, the BJP stalwart is currently in the ICU and his condition is stable, and he remains under close medical observation. He was admitted to the hospital around 7.30 pm on Friday.

Advani is a role model for many parliamentarians for his eloquent speeches in Parliament. Before participating in any debate or discussion, he used to spend about two to three hours in the Parliament library preparing detailed notes with dates and data to substantiate his arguments. Apart from Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan, he was also awarded the best Parliamentarian Award in 1999.

He served as the BJP president on multiple occasions and was the deputy prime minister from 2002 to 2004. He also played a major role in the Ayodhya movement and even took out the famous Ram Rath Yatra that began from the Somnath Temple in Gujarat on September 25, 1990, and was intended to culminate in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. The yatra was stopped in Bihar and he was arrested at Samastipur in October 1990 by the then CM of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav.

He also served as the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister.