<p>Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan on Saturday evening cut short a key part meeting to visit his ailing father and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan in a private hospital in Delhi.</p>.<p>The 74-year-old leader has been hospitalised for medical complications since August 24, arising out of a heart surgery that was done three years back, and has been shifted to the ICU recently.</p>.<p>The senior Paswan’s aide said that Chirag had to leave the meeting of the LJP Parliamentary Board midway as a doctor from Chennai had flown in specially for an hour to examine the minister.</p>.<p>“The minister is stable, but in ICU,” the aide said.<br /> </p>.<div aria-label="" class="flourish-embed flourish-map" data-src="visualisation/3759518" data-url="https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/3759518/embed">1</div>.<p>Paswan’s illness comes ahead of the crucial Assembly elections in Bihar and at a time when the NDA allies are grappling with the seat-sharing formula.</p>.<p>Last month, Paswan had said that he would stand by every decision related to elections taken by his son Chirag.</p>.<p>“I stand firmly with every decision of his. I am confident that with his youthful thinking, Chirag will take the party and Bihar to new heights,” Paswan senior had said on September 11.</p>
<p>Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan on Saturday evening cut short a key part meeting to visit his ailing father and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan in a private hospital in Delhi.</p>.<p>The 74-year-old leader has been hospitalised for medical complications since August 24, arising out of a heart surgery that was done three years back, and has been shifted to the ICU recently.</p>.<p>The senior Paswan’s aide said that Chirag had to leave the meeting of the LJP Parliamentary Board midway as a doctor from Chennai had flown in specially for an hour to examine the minister.</p>.<p>“The minister is stable, but in ICU,” the aide said.<br /> </p>.<div aria-label="" class="flourish-embed flourish-map" data-src="visualisation/3759518" data-url="https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/3759518/embed">1</div>.<p>Paswan’s illness comes ahead of the crucial Assembly elections in Bihar and at a time when the NDA allies are grappling with the seat-sharing formula.</p>.<p>Last month, Paswan had said that he would stand by every decision related to elections taken by his son Chirag.</p>.<p>“I stand firmly with every decision of his. I am confident that with his youthful thinking, Chirag will take the party and Bihar to new heights,” Paswan senior had said on September 11.</p>
