Bangalore: Former chief minister Dharam Singh has been admitted to a private hospital in the capital  following ill-health.

Sources said the former CM is in Vikram Hospital on Cunningham Road  for treatment of fluctuation in blood pressure levels.

It is learnt, the hectic campaigning spree for assembly elections had affected the health of the leader. Doctors of the hospital said the former CM needed rest and would be discharged as soon as his health condition improved.