Fri Feb 21 13:11:33 UTC 2025: ## Sonia Gandhi Discharged from Hospital After Routine Checkup
**New Delhi, [Date]** – Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi on Friday morning following a routine checkup. The 78-year-old leader was admitted on Thursday morning for monitoring by a team of doctors.
Gandhi’s last public appearance was on February 13th during the budget session of Parliament. Her recent hospital stay comes after her February 10th call for the government to expedite the census process. She highlighted that approximately 140 million people are reportedly missing out on benefits under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) due to outdated census data. In a previous parliamentary address, she emphasized that beneficiary identification under the NFSA is based on the 2011 census, not the latest population figures. Gandhi previously hailed the NFSA, introduced in 2013, as a landmark initiative to ensure food and nutritional security for India’s population.
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