P Chidambaram Falls Unconscious At Sabarmati Ashram, Rushed To Hospital; Son Karti Gives Health Update

Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram fell unconscious, apparently due to heat, in Gujarat's Ahmedabad today. In a video posted by news agency ANI, several Congress leaders were seen carrying Chidambaram and taking him to an ambulance.

Congress MP and P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram replied to the video posted by ANI and said, "My father is fine and is being examined by doctors."

#WATCH | Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Congress leader P Chidambaram fell unconscious due to heat at Sabarmati Ashram and was taken to a hospital. pic.twitter.com/CeMYLk1C25

— ANI (@ANI) April 8, 2025

Chidambaram is among the top Congress leaders. He was attending a convention in Ahmedabad on the banks of the Sabarmati River. The Congress has named the Ahmedabad session 'Nyaypath: Sankalp, Samarpan, and Sangharsh (Path of Justice: Resolve, Commitment and Struggle)'.

Ahmedabad Congress session: Kharge reignites battle over Sardar Patel's legacy

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday accused the BJP and RSS of trying to usurp it under a well-planned conspiracy against national heroes and said it is laughable, as the Sangh Parivar had no contribution in the freedom struggle. He alleged that the BJP and RSS conspired to show that Patel and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru were against each other even though the two leaders enjoyed cordial ties and were two sides of the same coin.

In his opening address at the Extended Congress Working Committee meeting at the Sardar Patel Memorial here, Kharge also said that attention is being diverted from basic issues of the country by indulging in communal division.

At the same time, oligarchic monopoly is on the path of controlling the government by capturing the resources of the country, he alleged. He said that Patel's ideology was contrary to the ideas of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and he had even banned the organisation. But it is laughable that today the people of that organisation claim Sardar Patel's legacy. Kharge said attacking the BJP and RSS, which have often maintained that the Congress did not give Patel the respect he deserved.

(With inputs from PTI.)

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