Deve Gowda in hospital for 'routine checkup'

Tue, 28 February 2023

21:47

JD-S supremo H D Deve Gowda was on Tuesday admitted to a hospital here for a "routine checkup".

The former prime minister said he will be back home in a couple of days and there was no need for any "panic or anxiety."

"I have come to the hospital for a routine check-up. There is no need for any panic or anxiety. I will be back home in a couple of days," Gowda, who is admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru, tweeted.

Though the exact reason for Gowda's health check-up is not known, the 89-year-old JD-S leader has been ailing from severe knee pain and age-related issues.

He was hospitalised last year for Covid and related ailments.

Earlier in the day, Gowda's son and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said his father was taken to the hospital today for health check-up, and would decide on JD-S tickets to certain constituencies including Hassan seat for upcoming assembly polls, once he was back.

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