BJP leader Tapan Sikdar on ventilation

Ailing BJP leader and former Union minister Tapan Sikdar has been put on ventilation after being admitted to hospital, a senior party leader said here today.
"He is ill and was admitted to a private hospital last night. He is at present on ventilation," state BJP president Rahul Sinha said today.
69-year-old Sikdar, who has been suffering from kidney problems, contested the Lok Sabha polls from Dum Dum seat, but lost.
Sikdar was MP from the seat in 1998 and 1999.