Himachal CM Sukhu’s health improves, in Delhi for second opinion

Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who was hospitalised in Shimla for treatment of a stomach infection, flew to Delhi on Friday morning for a second opinion.

Sukhu was admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla, on Wednesday night after he complained of severe stomach ache. Doctors had diagnosed stomach infection and kept him under observation.

The medical bulletin issued by the IGMC said that reports of all tests conducted on him were normal.

IGMC administration had deputed a six-member team of doctors to monitor the chief minister’s health parameters.

Naresh Chauhan, the principal media adviser to the chief minister, allayed concerns and said Sukhu had gone to Delhi to seek a second opinion. “His condition has improved and the CM headed to Delhi for a second opinion as suggested by doctors in Shimla,” he said.

The chief minister was on a tour to Kangra, Mandi, Kullu and Bilaspur earlier this week and doctors suspect he may have developed the infection while travelling.

Haryana needs a separate modern capital city to prevent further erosion and eventual eclipse of its cultural identity in the shadow of its big brother, Punjab, and the national capital region (NCR), and to propel its economic growth to the next level.

In 1955, while inaugurating the Punjab high court building, then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru highlighted the significance of a new capital for the state. He expressed his contentment that the people of Punjab did not choose an old city as their capital. He believed that doing so would have made Punjab a backward and stagnant state. Instead, he believed that a new capital would help Punjab take a significant step forward.