Ranchi, Jan 9 (PTI) Jharkhand Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Thursday met former deputy speaker of Lok Sabha Karia Munda who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Ranchi.
Munda, an eight-term MP, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday.
“Today I visited former Union Minister Karia Munda at Bhagwan Mahavir Medica Super Specialty Hospital, Ranchi to enquire about his well-being and took information about his treatment from the doctors present there. I wish him a speedy recovery,” the governor said in a post on X.
Union minister Sanjay Seth also met him in the hospital.
“I met the former deputy speaker of Lok Sabha and our guardian, revered Karia Munda Ji. I enquired about his well-being. I asked the hospital management for better treatment for him. I pray to God for Karia Ji’s speedy recovery,” he said.
Doctors at the hospital said his was stable.
His son Jagarnath Munda, a BJP leader, earlier told PTI that the former coal minister complained of ill health amid cold, following which he was taken to the hospital for a routine checkup.
After initial examination, the doctors advised him to get admitted, he said.
Munda, 88, had served as a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. PTI NAM SOM
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