Jaswant Singh in "very critical" condition
The 76-year-old former BJP leader is on life support system. He is being monitored round the clock by a team of neurosurgeons. He is in coma now.
Singh was brought to the hospital at around 1 am on Friday. Singh had sustained a head injury as he slipped and fell at his New Delhi residence late Thursday night.
Former Defence Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s cabinet, Singh was expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election after he decided to contest polls from Barmer in Rajasthan as an independent candidate when the party had decided to field someone else.
He had contested from West Bengal’s Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat in 2009 and won with the support of Bimal Gurung-led Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM).
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday visited Singh at the hospital. He also met with the ailing leader's family members and wished his speedy recovery.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the family of Singh praying for his speedy recovery. BJP patriarch L K Advani also visited him in the hospital on Friday.
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