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Delhi CM visits Shukla in hospital

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today visited Medanta hospital in Gurgaon to enquire about the health condition of V C Shukla, a former Union Minister and senior Congress leader who was injured after Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district.

84-year-old Shukla was airlifted to the hospital in Gurgaon from Raipur early this morning.

Heavily-armed Maoists had ambushed the convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh yesterday, killing 27 people including senior party leader Mahendra Karma, and injuring Shukla and 31 others.

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First Published: May 26 2013 | 5:21 PM IST

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