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COIMBATORE, INDIA, May 1, 2001: Vishwa Hindu Parishad international working president Ashok Singhal suffered a massive heart attack on Tuesday and was admitted to a private hospital in Coimbatore. His condition is now stable but he will be under close observation for another 48 hours, Dr G Bhaktavatsalam, chairman of K G Hospital, said. Singhal was given thrombolysis and other blood-clot dissolving measures by a panel of heart specialists, he said. The VHP leader had suffered a earlier heart attack in 1992 while on a visit to Holland.