Sonia Gandhi stable now, thanks countrymen for good wishes: Congress

The PM also offered help to Gandhi, who had to cut short her Varanasi visit after falling ill

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who was admitted in the Army Research and Referal Hospital here on Tuesday after she developed high fever during her road show in Varanasi, is now stable and recovering.

Speaking to ANI here, party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that she is stable and recovering and is under medical supervision.

"She has also thanked all fellow countrymen and crores of congress men for their concern and good wishes expressed over the last 24 hours," he added.

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar met the Congress Supremo at the hospital here.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered help to Gandhi, who had to cut short her Varanasi visit after falling ill, by sending a doctor for her health check-up and a plane for her transportation back to the national capital.

Sources told ANI that Prime Minister Modi also spoke to Congress' chief ministerial candidate for 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Sheila Dikshit, and enquired about Gandhi's health.

Earlier, the Congress president, who had to leave the party's roadshow in Varanasi midway after she developed a high fever, said she was sad to have cut short her visit to the temple town.

In a statement, Gandhi said, I am saddened that due to my ill health, I had to cut my visit to Varanasi short. I could not visit the Kashi Vishwanath Temple either."

"I will come back very soon, and then visit the Kashi Vishwanath Temple," she added.

The Congress president was leading a massive roadshow in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency for the party's campaign for the 2017 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

She, however, had to cut short the roadshow towards the fag end of the march route in the evening after she fell ill.

The doctors advised her to cut short her visit after which she left for the national capital. Later on, she was treated at the Varanasi Airport's VIP Lounge. As per sources, she would return to Delhi by tonight.