Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav admitted to Gurgaon hospital

Home Minister Rajnath Singh and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav have been admitted to a private hospital in Gurgaon owing to different ailments.

Rajnath Singh was brought at Medicity Medanta hospital around 9.15 a.m. on Saturday and was admitted to the ICU following a heart problem, IANS reported. The team of doctors treating him refused to say anything about his condition.

Sources told IANS that R.R. Kashvini and his team is taking care of the Home Minister. A.K. Dubey, medical superintendent of Medicity Medanta hospital, declined to comment on the Singh’s condition.

Meanwhile, PTI reported that Mulayam Singh Yadav was admitted to the same hospital late last night after he complained of uneasiness and breathing difficulty. The 75-year-old has been advised rest and there is no need to panic, Samajwadi Party Spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said here today.

“Mulayam Singh Yadav is being examined in Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon under the supervision of Dr Naresh Trehan”, he said. “The party chief has been advised three days rest by the doctors and there is no need to panic with regard to his health”, Chaudhary said.

Party sources said Yadav complained of uneasiness and breathing difficulty last night after which he was taken to Gurgaon. Earlier this week, Yadav was admitted to the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) here and was discharged after an overnight stay in the hospital after some tests.

On the advise of doctors, Yadav had stayed back in Lucknow during the Holi celebration cancelling his programme to visit his native Saifai village in Etawah.

(With inputs from PTI and IANS)

Source:: Indian Express