Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution who is hospitalised due to heart & kidney problems, is said to be stable. The minister was diagnosed with congestion in lungs and has also suffered from acute kidney failure. He is currently being treated by a multidisciplinary team of doctors. He may be discharged from the hospital on August 25, reported IANS. Paswan has been admitted to Fortis Escort Hospital in Delhi since August 23. A doctor of the top hospital, while speaking to reporters on condition of anonymity, said Paswan is reeling under ‘multiple health issues’. Lok Janshakti Party patron Ram Vilas Paswan, 74, is one of the senior most ministers in the Modi government. In 2019, he handed over the command of the party to his son Chirag Paswan. Ram Vilas Paswan has been very active in implementing the free grain distribution scheme run by his ministry during the Corona period.