Tiruvallur, Aug. 31 -- Tiruvallur Congress MP Sasikant Senthil was admitted to Tiruvallur Government Medical College Hospital on Saturday after a sudden spike in his blood pressure. He was staging an indefinite hunger strike in Tiruvallur, demanding the immediate release of education funds due to Tamil Nadu under the Samagra Shiksha scheme (SSA).

Senthil began his indefinite fast on Friday in his constituency, protesting the alleged withholding of over Rs 2,000 crore from Tamil Nadu under the SSA by the Union government.

On the second day of the protest, he reportedly developed dizziness and uneasiness due to a sudden rise in blood pressure late last night. Following this, an 108 ambulance was called, and a team of doctors provided him ...