India, Sept. 4 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann is suffering from viral fever and could not accompany Aam Aadmi Party national convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to assess the flood-hit areas of Punjab on Thursday.

Doctors attending to him at his residence in Chandigarh said he should be fine by the evening. Mann is to chair a cabinet meeting on Friday.

The chief minister had toured flood-affected areas in Ferozepur district on Tuesday and met scores of people.

His health worsened on Thursday morning, prompting Kejriwal to visit his house to enquire after his health before leaving for flood-affected areas in Sultanpur Lodhi. Punjab AAP chief Aman Arora is accompanying him.

Kejriwal had arrived in Punjab on Wednesd...