Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann admitted to hospital; Full update

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was scheduled to chair the Punjab Cabinet meeting to be held in Chandigarh on Friday. But this meeting has been postponed due to his illness.

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's health has suddenly deteriorated. He has been admitted to the hospital after the advice of doctors. His health was not good for the last two days. He was resting at home with medicines, but when there was no improvement in the condition, he had to be taken to the hospital today.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was scheduled to chair the Punjab Cabinet meeting to be held in Chandigarh on Friday. But this meeting has been postponed due to his illness. The main objective of this meeting was to review the relief and rescue operations in the flood-affected areas in the state.

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Earlier yesterday, he was to visit Sultanpur Lodhi along with Aam Aadmi Party's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal. Many villages in this area are affected by floods. But he could not go due to ill health. Arvind Kejriwal had reached Chief Minister Mann's official residence on Thursday to inquire about his health.

Punjab is battling severe floods, in which the death toll has risen to 43 and till Thursday 1.71 lakh hectares of agricultural land has been damaged.

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