P Chidambaram Faints Due To Heat At Sabarmati Ashram

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram fell unconscious, apparently due to heat in Gujarat's Ahmedabad today. In a video, several Congress members were seen carrying Mr Chidambaram, taking him to an ambulance.

The 79-year-old fainted during a prayer meeting at Sabarmati Ashram.

Replying to the video posted by news agency ANI, Congress MP and P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram informed, "My father is fine and is being examined by doctors."

#WATCH | Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Congress leader P Chidambaram fell unconscious due to heat at Sabarmati Ashram and was taken to a hospital. pic.twitter.com/CeMYLk1C25

— ANI (@ANI) April 8, 2025

P Chidambaram also wrote on X after the medical checkup, “I got dehydrated due to the hot weather. I had all the tests done at the hospital. I am fine now. Thank you, everyone.”

Because of extreme heat, I suffered dehydration.

All tests are normal. I am perfectly well now.

Thank you, all 🙏

— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) April 8, 2025

The leader was part of a Congress delegation visiting the Ashram following the extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting held earlier in the day at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial in Ahmedabad.

P Chidambaram is among the top Congress leaders who are attending a convention on the banks of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad.

The Congress has named the Ahmedabad session 'Nyaypath: Sankalp, Samarpan and Sangharsh (Path of Justice: Resolve, Commitment and Struggle)'.

At the extended Congress Working Committee meeting, the party passed a resolution to mark the 150th birth anniversary year of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and said it is determined to emulate the resoluteness of the 'Iron Man of India' by fighting the frenzy of religious polarisation.

More than 1,700 Congress members are expected to attend the main conclave on April 9.