The Gadarpur MlA, who is been on hunger strike since October 6 against the shutdown of a Gadarpur-based sugarcane mill, was admitted at the ICU of Dr Susheela Tiwari Government Hospital in Haldwani on Friday. But unfazed, he continued with the his stir on Saturday.
State Vidhan Sabha Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal, former Chief Minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari and senior BJP leader Bachi Singh Rawat reportedly met the MlA on Saturday and asked him to end the hunger strike. Pandey’s condition was critical, said the doctors treating him.
Pandey who has been languishing in Haldwani jail since September 7 sat on the hunger strike in the jail campus on October 6.
It should be mentioned here that MlA was sent to jail in connection with an alleged assault case involving Gadarpur Naib Tehsildar Sher Singh.
Singh had registered a complaint and a case under sections 147/148/149/332/395 and sections under SC/ST Act was subsequently registered against MlA Pandey and five of his named supporters and around a dozen unknown supporters.