BJP Says MP Kirron Kher's Absence From Politics Due To Blood Cancer

Addressing the Opposition's questions over BJP MP Kirron Kher's absence, Chandigarh BJP President Arun Sood on March 31 revealed that she is battling multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. Sood slammed Congress for their "petty" politics and said that Kher was diagnosed with myeloma last year at Chandigarh's PGIMER and is undergoing treatment since four months in Mumbai. Reportedly, the disease had spread to her left arm and shoulder but has now receded.