NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and former party president Sonia Gandhi experienced high blood pressure following which she underwent routine medical tests at a hospital in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s advisor said on Saturday.“She was taken to the hospital after she complained of high blood pressure. It was a routine check-up and she is going back home now,” Naresh Chauhan, media advisor to CM Sukhu, told news agency PTI.The Congress parliamentary party chairperson arrived on a personal trip to Shimla along with her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday. They are staying in Priyanka’s house at Chharabra, located on the outskirts of the popular hill station, the capital of Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh.In February, Gandhi was admitted to Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital after experiencing stomach-related issues.The ex-Rae Bareli MP, who will be 79 in December, did not contest last year’s Lok Sabha polls due to health reasons, and moved to the Rajya Sabha. The seat was won by her son Rahul Gandhi, now the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
