Ram Vilas Paswan hospitalized after lung congestion and kidney complications

New Delhi: Ram Vilas Paswan, the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution was admitted to city’s Fortis Escorts hospital over congestion in lungs.

Reports also said that he is suffering from kidney complications.

Doctors attending to him said that he is stable and he is being closely monitored by a team of doctors.

“He has multiple issues. Due to his pre-existing heart conditions, he is inoperable and has poor heart function. He is on medication now and we are keeping a close watch on his condition,” ET quoted a doctor citing anonymity.

The LJP patriarch falling sick ahead of Bihar Assembly elections comes as a major setback for the party. Paswan, being the only selling face of party has lot riding on him in this elections.

Paswan is an eight-time Lok Sabha member. He is currently a Rajya Sabha MP from BJP’s quota. His party had joined the BJP-led NDA ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Paswan is the lone minister from LJP in the Modi government.

Paswan favoured deferring Bihar polls

Paswan, a Union minister and leader of a party which is a constituent of the NDA in Bihar, said that the polls should be postponed in view of the coronavirus situation in the state. He said the cases are rising rapidly in Bihar and “no one knows where this will stop”

“In such a situation, lakhs of teachers will be performing the duty of polling officers, lakhs of security personnel will be deployed. Therefore, the LJP is in favour of postponing the polls,” he said.

His son Chirag Paswan has also spoken against holding elections during the pandemic. He said that it is beyond his understanding how elections can happen with social distancing norms in a state with a population of 10 crore.

Bihar is the first and only state that is scheduled to go to polls this year in the midst of the pandemic.