Mulayam Singh Yadav is no more

Former Uttar Pradesh CM, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav is no more 

Lucknow: Senior politician, Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away on Monday morning. He was admitted to the hospital a few days ago due to severe illness and he breathed his last at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. Mulayam Singh Yadav's son Akhilesh Yadav confirmed this. He was 82 years old. Through this, a big link in the politics of the country has been broken. He was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh three times. Mulayam Singh Yadav was born on 22 November 1939 to Murthy Devi and Sugar Singh Yadav on 22 November 1939 in Saifai village of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh. He served three consecutive terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and also served as the Union Defense Minister. A long-time MP, he represented Mainpuri constituency in the Lok Sabha. Later he also served as Member of Parliament from Azamgarh and Sambhal constituencies. Party leaders and workers used to call him Netaji, the Hindi word for "respectable". Yadav holds three degrees in Political Science – B.A. From Karm Kshetra Post Graduate College, Etawah, B.T. from A. K. College, Shikohabad and M.A. from B. R. College, Agra University. Political career: Influenced by leaders like Ram Manohar Lohia and Raj Narayan, Mulayam Singh Yadav was first elected as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1967. Mulayam Singh Yadav was an 8-time MLA. In 1975, during Indira Gandhi's Emergency, Yadav was arrested and kept in custody for 19 months. He first became a Minister of State in 1977. Later, in 1980 he became the president of Uttar Pradesh Lok Dal (Janata Party), which later became part of Janata Dal (Janata Party). In 1982, he was elected Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. He held that post till 1985. When the Lok Dal Party split, Yadav started the Revolutionary Morcha Party Service as Chief Minister: Mulayam Singh Yadav first became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1989. After the fall of VP Singh's National Government in November 1990, Chandra joined Shekhar's Janata Dal (Socialist) party. He continued in power as Chief Minister with the support of the Congress party. His government collapsed in 1991 when the Congress withdrew its support following developments at the national level. Second period In 1992, Mulayam Singh Yadav founded his own Samajwadi Party. Bahujan entered into an alliance with the Samaj Party for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to be held in November 1993. The Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party alliance prevented the BJP from returning to power in the state. Yadav became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh with the support of Congress and Janata Dal. His stand on the movement demanding a separate state for Uttarakhand was as controversial as his stand on the Ayodhya movement in 1990. In October 1994, there was a firing attack on Uttarakhand activists in Muzaffarnagar, for which Uttarakhand activists held him responsible. He continued as Chief Minister till 1995. Third period In 2002, following the post-election situation in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party joined forces to form a government led by Dalit leader Mayawati, but the alliance broke down and the BJP exited the government in August 2003. A number of rebel MLAs from the Bahujan Samaj Party, with the support of independents and smaller parties, allowed Yadav to become the Chief Minister.He was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the third time in September 2003. Yadav was a member of the Lok Sabha even when he was sworn in as Chief Minister. In order to fulfill the constitutional requirement of becoming a member of the state assembly within six months of taking oath, he contested the assembly by-election from Gunnaur assembly constituency in January 2004. Yadav won by a record margin, getting nearly 94 percent of the votes. Personal Life: Mulayam Singh Yadav's first wife, Malti Devi, was brain dead until her death in 2003 due to severe illness while giving birth to son Akhilesh Yadav in 1974. Akhilesh Yadav was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. Mulayam Singh Yadav's relationship with Sadhana Gupta in the 1990s was legalized by the Supreme Court in 2007. His son Prateek Yadav's wife Aparna Bisht Yadav was in the news recently for joining the BJP.

Voice of socialist ideas is silent today: Sonia Gandhi condoles death of Mulayam Singh

 

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that the voice of socialist cause has been silenced after the death of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Yadav (82) died on Monday at a hospital in Gurugram after prolonged illness.

Yadav's contribution as the country's Defense Minister and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh will remain unforgettable. Moreover, Sonia Gandhi said in her message that her struggle for the downtrodden and downtrodden will always be remembered.

He said that the Congress has always received his support whenever there was a need to protect the constitutional values ​​of the country.

Yadav was admitted to the hospital in August. He was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of Medanta Hospital on October 2.

Born on November 22, 1939 in Saifai near Etawah in Uttar Pradesh into a farming family, Yadav was one of the prominent leaders of the state.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah expressed condolences.