NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru for treatment on Wednesday, reports news agency ANI. Kharge was admitted at the MS Ramaiah Hospital. Doctors said they are treating the 83-year-old leader. "The leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha was taken to hospital on Tuesday as he developed fever and complained of leg pain. He is fine, nothing to worry. Doctors are monitoring," a Congress leader was quoted as saying to PTI. On September 24, Kharge participated in an extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in Patna, Bihar. It was later announced on September 29 that he is scheduled to address a public rally in Kohima, Nagaland, on October 7. According to Congress leaders, the rally, themed “Safe Democracy, Safe Secular
Congress president Kharge hospitalised; admitted in Bengaluru

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