TN Minister Duraikkannu hospitalised

Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R Doraikkannu was taken to a hospital in Villupuram district on Tuesday morning after he complained of chest pain and breathing problem.

Doraikkannu was traveling to Salem to pay homage to Chief Minister K Palaniswami’s mother who died early Tuesday when he complained of ill-health.

After his condition stabilized at the government hospital, Duraikkannu was sent to a private hospital in Chennai in an ambulance, said doctors at the Villupuram hospital.