Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi was admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Sunday for treatment of Covid-related issues.
"Congress President, Smt Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital on Sunday owing to Covid-19 related issues,” Congress General Secretary and its Chief Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.
Surjewala in a tweet message said: “Gandhi is stable and will be in the hospital for a few days for observation”.
"We thank all the Congressmen and women also all well-wishers for their concern and good wishes," he added.
Earlier, Gandhi visited the facility for a routine medical check-up and was being examined by the doctors there, media reports said quoting the hospital sources.
Sonia Gandhi, 75, tested positive for Covid-19 on June 2 and was recuperating.
She was to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 8 and had sought more time from the probe agency, which has now issued a fresh summons for her to appear on June 23, according to the reports.
The ED has registered an FIR in a money-laundering case pertaining to the National Herald-AJL case.
Italian-born Gandhi, widow of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, is the longest-serving president of the Congress party, which ruled India for decades after its founders led the country to independence from British colonial rule in 1947, reports Reuters.
Gandhi, 76, is credited with reviving the Congress when it won a surprise victory in legislative elections in 2004.
Following that election success, she would have become India's first foreign-born and first Roman Catholic prime minister, but she surprised everyone by turning down the top post and nominating economist Manmohan Singh to be prime minister.
In recent years, Gandhi has travelled several times to the United States to deal with health issues.
Her party's fortunes have declined precipitously since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP party defeated it in the general elections of 2014 and 2019.
