Senior BJP leader Ashok Sahu, who went on an indefinite silent hunger strike near the Kandhamal district Collectorate from Saturday demanding arrest of the killers of Swami laxmanananda Saraswati, was admitted at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack on Sunday after he fell ill at the agitation site.
Sources said Sahu continued his silent hunger strike at the hospital. Meanwhile, many senior party leaders, including party national vice-president Jual Oram, G Udayagiri MlA Manoj Pradhan, former Minister Manmohan Samal, Nayan Mohanty, Sukant Panigrahi, lalatendu Badu, Girish Mahanta and Swapneswar Das visited senior BJP leader Ashok Sahu at the hospital.