Patna: Bihar former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was admitted in AIIMS, New Delhi on Saturday due to health deteriorated. Lalu Prasad Yadav who is in jail in the fodder case shifted to the Ranchi hospital due to lung infection and he is undergoing treatment.

Lalu Prasad Yadav’s son & RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and family, who are camping in Ranchi, are accompanied along with him. A medical board of Tejashwi Yadav said he would speak with Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and ask for better treatment for his father. “We want better treatment for him, but it is for doctors to analyse what treatment can be provided here, after all the test reports come. His situation is serious. I will meet the Chief Minister on Saturday,” Tejashwi Yadav said reporters in Ranchi on Friday.

“He has already undergone heart surgery earlier and only 25 per cent of his kidney is functional. He has also been diagnosed with pneumonia. He is facing difficulty while breathing,” the RJD leader said. Lalu Yadav has been in jail since December 2017 after being convicted. He has served most of his jail sentence in Jharkhand at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences hospital.