Congress leader Sonia Gandhi admitted to hospital due to ‘abdomen-related issue’

The senior Congress leader was last spotted during the Parliament’s budget session earlier this month. Sonia Gandhi turned 78 last year

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. File Photo/PTI

FP News Desk|Feb 20, 2025, 23:17:31 IST

Congress leader and senior Indian politician Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi on Thursday (February 20), reported news agency PTI. The report said that the leader was doing well and was expected to be discharged on Friday.

The 78-year-old leader was admitted to hospital in the morning but the exact timing is not known. PTI reported a team of doctors was monitoring her health.

‘Abdomen-related issue’

According to Dr Ajay Swaroop, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital’s chairman-Board of Management, Gandhi was admitted to the facility due to some abdomen-related issue.

According to media reports, Swaroop said that there was no major health concern and she would be discharged by Friday.

"She underwent a routine check-up and is now stable and is under observation," the hospital said in a separate statement.

Sonia Gandhi’s last public appearance

The senior Congress leader was last spotted during the Parliament’s budget session earlier this month.

On February 13, she made an appearance outside the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Parliament.

During her previous maiden Zero Hour intervention in the Rajya Sabha, Gandhi had highlighted how beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) are being identified as per the 2011 Census, and not the latest population numbers. She also pressed the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to complete a population census at the earliest.

(With inputs from agencies)

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