UP Samajwadi Party president Shivpal Singh Yadav (left) addresses a press conference after chief minister Akhilesh Yadav sacked him from his cabinet at the party office in Lucknow on Sunday. Photo: PTINew Delhi: Mint brings to you your daily dose of political news reported by newsrooms across the country. Senior party leaders point out that it is no longer a fight between party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and his chief-minister son. The essence of the battle is which of the two leaders will run the party in the future and who will lead the campaign for the assembly election in 2017. It has been a month since Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa was admitted to hospital, yet very little is known about the nature of her illness.

Source: Mint October 24, 2016 04:30 UTC