Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chauhan visits ailing Guv Lalji Tandon in hospital

BJP leader and former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan with Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon. (Photo: Twittter/@ChouhanShivraj)


Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chauhan on Tuesday visited ailing Governor Lalji Tandon, who has been hospitalised at Lucknow’s Medanta Hospital.

BJP president Vishnu Dutt Sharma and Organising Secretary Suhas Bhagat also accompanied the CM.

Tandon, 85, was admitted to Medanta Hospital Bhopal on June 11 with breathing problems, difficulty in urination and fever. “He (Lalji Tandon) is on ventilator since yesterday (Monday),” Medanta Hospital Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor told PTI on Tuesday.

According to a hospital bulletin issued on Monday, Tandon “developed internal abdominal bleeding for which an emergency operation was performed. The operation was successful and he was shifted to ICU under strict supervision of medical experts”.

The doctors have described his condition as serious but under control.

Earlier in the day, UP law minister Brijesh Pathak went to the Medanta hospital to meet the ailing leader.

Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad also visited the MP Governor.