NEW DELHI: India’s opposition Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi was hospitalised on Thursday for treatment of lower respiratory tract infection, a party official said. Gandhi was admitted to New Delhi’s Ganga Ram Hospital, according to the Press Trust of India news agency, which cited party spokesman Ajay Maken.
Janardhan Dwivedy, a senior party leader, confirmed that Sonia Gandhi was unwell. Last year, Gandhi was rushed to a New Delhi hospital for a few hours after she fell ill during a debate in Parliament.
Gandhi is the Italian-born widow of slain former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. After his death, she entered politics reluctantly but led the Congress party to successive election triumphs in 2004 and 2009.
Published in Dawn, December 19th, 2014