Chandigarh, January 19: Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch and former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, 94, was admitted to the Hero Heart Institute of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Ludhiana, after he tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday afternoon.
Institute medical superintendent Dr Bishav Mohan said that Badal had tested positive in the rapid antigen test, while his RTPCR report is awaited.
Senior Akali leader Maheshinder Singh Grewal said that Badal was suffering from cough, cold and fever for the past few days following which he was rushed to the hospital in Ludhiana.
As news of the Badal’s hospitalisation spread, Akali workers started gathering at the heart institute.
BRS celebrated its 23rd Foundation Day across the State, today, the party, founded as Telangana Rashtra Samithi by K.Chandrashekhar Rao and others who were strong sympathisers for the separate Telangana state in the year 2001, was renamed as BRS by transforming into a national party in 2022.
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Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy sought the support of the CPM State unit for the Congress party in Bhongir and other parliamentary constituencies in the state.
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An ISRO employee was arrested on charges of cheating a job aspirant to the tune of Rs. 20 lakhs promising a job in the organization at Kacheguda on Friday.
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