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Senior Cong leader faints while on anti-liquor padayatra

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Press Trust of India Tirunelveli (TN)
Veteran Congress Leader Kumari Ananthan, who is on a padayatra from Chennai to Kanyakumari demanding total prohibition in Tamil Nadu, today fainted at Moondradaippu near Nanguneri here, police said.

The 82-year-old leader fainted soon after he resumed his padayatra from Panankulam in Tirunelveli district where he rested last night.

Doctors of a private hospital, where he was rushed and admitted by police, said his heart condition was weak and he should have sufficient rest.

Doctors said he had regained consciousness, adding, they had strongly advised him against resuming the yatra.

He was admitted to the ICU, but his condition was stable now, they said.
 

Police said he had fainted on the 47th day of his padayatra.

His party supporters told newsmen that Ananthan felt uncomfortable.They had advised him to rest but he told them that he was determinedto conclude the padayatra.

The padayatra was launched on December 25 last year.

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First Published: Feb 09 2016 | 10:32 PM IST

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