Sonia discharged from AIIMS after a five-hour check-up

Party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi says the Congress chief is all right and her medical check-up is over

Congress President Sonia Gandhi was discharged early today from AIIMS where she was admitted after being taken ill in Lok Sabha when her pet welfare legislation and UPA's Food Security Bill was in its final stages of adoption.

67-year-old Gandhi spent about five hours in the hospital and was discharged after her check-up was completed.

"The Congress President has come back, she is all right and her medical check-up has been completed," party General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi told the news agencyI.

AIIMS Director R C Deka said, "She had cough...She had headache. She took medicines after which she felt uneasiness in Parliament, that is why she was here. We put (her through) all the test required for such diseases and we found her normal, and she has left in her own car talking to all the doctors, and thanking all of us."

Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "Madam, it looks, had medicines for common cold and headache, as a result of which she had some uneasiness and she had to be brought to AIIMS and now all test have been conducted and she is perfectly fine and has gone home."

Gandhi left Parliament at 2015 hours yesterday while the voting was underway on various amendments moved by the Opposition and was rushed to AIIMS. She could not be present in the Lower House when the landmark bill was passed.