Patna, April 06: Former MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, facing a life term in CPI-M MLA Ajit Sarkar murder case, continued his indefinite fast for the second day today to support veteran social activists Anna Hazare’s demand for bringing a comprehensive Lokpal Bill to weed out corruption.
Yadav who was in the high security Beur jail here was taken to the Patna Medical College Hospital after his blood pressure fell, jail officials said.
The former said he would continue the fast till Hazare’s demand was met. Some prisoners also joined the fast, they said.
-Agencies