The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar has been hospitalised in Pune on Thursday, October 31, due to chest pain. According to the VBA, he will go undergo angiography test in the next hour. "Balasaheb Ambedkar was admitted to a hospital in Pune in the early hours of Thursday morning, October 31, for a chest pain," VBA informed on its official social media account X.
The party in a post, said that Ambedkar is being treated at the ICU for a blood clot in his heart. However, the party said that the health condition of the leader is stable and will go angiography test soon. "Balasaheb Ambedkar is being treated at the ICU for a blood clot in his heart. ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ and ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ."
The 70-year-old politician known as Babasaheb Ambedkar is also a two-time Lok Sabha MP from Akola and a one-term Rajya Sabha member. Prakash Ambedkar is the grandson of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar.ย
The party said that the Ambedkar family would not be taking questions at this time and requested to respect the family's request for privacy. "The Ambedkar family will not be taking questions at this time and requests you to respect the family's request for privacy as they deal with these circumstances."
The VBA further stated, "Since Balasaheb will be under observation for the next 3-5 days, VBA State President Rekha Tai Thakur, with the support of the Election Coordination Committee, Manifesto Committee, and Media and Research Department, will be leading the VBA campaign for the next few days."