Veteran BJP Leader LK Advani Admitted to AIIMS Delhi; Condition Stable

New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader and former deputy-Prime Minister of India LK Advani was admitted to Delhi AIIMS Delhi on Thursday.

According to the doctors, the condition of the 96-year-old BJP leader is stable and he is under observation. He is admitted to a private ward under the supervision of doctors of the Urology Department, sources said.

He was recently conferred with Bharat Ratna by President Draupadi Murmu on March 30, 2024.

Born in Karachi, now in Pakistan,  he served as the BJP National President from 1986 to 1990, then from 1993 to 1998, and from 2004 to 2005. He had long parliamentary career of nearly three decades. He served as the Home Minister and later the Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1999-2004).