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Senior Congress leader Benny Behanan was admitted to a private hospital on Friday after he suffered a heart attack.
Kochi: Senior Congress leader and UDF candidate for Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency, Benny Behanan, was admitted to a private hospital here Friday after he suffered a heart attack, party sources said.
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The 67-year old Behannan was rushed to the hospital after he complained of severe chest pain in the early hours of Friday, they said.
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"He underwent angioplasty. He has been kept under 48-hour observation," his aide said.
Behanan, who is also convener of the Congress-led UDF in Kerala, had filed his nomination papers as party candidate from Chalakkudy constituency on Monday.
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LDF's sitting MP, Malayalam film actor Innocent, and BJP's A N Radhakrishnan are his main rivals in the April 23 Parliamentary polls.
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Ernakulam district Congress Committee president T J Vinod said the UDF leadership would make necessary arrangements to conduct the poll campaign in his absence.(PTI)