Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani has been hospitalised at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIM) in Delhi, sources said on Wednesday.
The 96-year-old leader has been kept under the supervision of doctors of the geriatric department of AIIMS, Delhi.
The hospital said that he is stable and is under close observation.
The former deputy prime minister was hospitalised just three months after being conferred the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour. President Droupadi Murmu presented the Bharat Ratna to Advani at his residence in Delhi.
The formal ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and the family members of LK Advani.
LK Advani served as the deputy prime minister of India from June 2002 to May 2004 and as the Union Home Minister from October 1999 to May 2004. He was BJP president multiple times -- from 1986 to 1990, 1993 to 1998 and 2004 to 2005.
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