New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda alongwith the state home and cabinet ministers visited BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday at Jayadeva Hospital and said Yeddyurappa was not keeping fine and was under observation.
"For the next 48 hours he will be put under observation by the doctors. He is very weak and can't speak, " said Gowda.
Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa was rushed to the hospital late on Saturday night after he complained of chest pain. Yeddyurappa is undergoing treatment in the ICU of Jayadeva Hospital, doctors said.
68-year-old Yeddyurappa is undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit of Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, hospital officials said here.
Dr C N Manjunath, heading the five-member team attending on Yeddyurappa, said that he was admitted at 1.40 AM as he complained of discomfort in the chest and backache.
He is also suffering from high blood pressure and some urinary problems, Manjunath said, adding that ECG and blood tests have already been conducted on Yeddyurappa who suffered a mild stroke two months ago.
Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and some ministerial colleagues visited Yeddyurappa, who resigned as chief minister on July 31 in the wake of his indictment by the Lokayukta in illegal mining scam, in the hospital.
"We will also be conducting an angiogram tomorrow or day after and only after it is done we will be know the exact problem", Manjunath said, adding that one-and-a half months ago, Yeddyurappa had also undergone 'stress nuclear scan' of the heart which showed certain 'perfusion defects.'
"Chronic diabetic and hypertensive patients like him are more prone to such heart ailments which can get precipitated by stress," Manjunath said, adding the BJP leader "will be kept in observation for 48 hours".
Speaking to reporters outside the hospital, Gowda said Yeddyurappa looked very exhausted and was not able to speak. "We were also advised by doctors not to tire him by talking".
Gowda was accompanied by Home Minister R Ashoka, Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai, Excise Minister M P Renukacharya, Law Minister S Suresh Kumar and Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje.
This came within hours of him being arrested and being lodged at the central prison in Bangalore. Yeddyurappa surrendered on Saturday after a Special Lokayukta Court rejected his bail petition in two government land denotification cases.
His party the BJP has come out in his support, and vowed to fight it out in court. After meeting Yeddyurappa, Gowda said, "This is not a conspiracy or anything. Yeddyurappa is not feeling well so he has been admitted."
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa was on Saturday put behind bars in a land denotification scam.
He evaded arrest by the police and instead surrendered before Lokayukta court, following which, Yeddyurappa was remanded to judicial custody till October 22.
The land scam was once dismissed by Yeddyurappa as a frivolous charge against him. The BJP leader, who is known for his grit and survival skills, is now staring at an uncertain future.
(With additional inputs from PTI)
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