After prolonged illness, the founder of the Samajwadi Party and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away Monday morning. The 82 year old veteran leader breathed his last at a private hospital in Gurugram, Haryana. He was on life saving drugs and in ICU for the past several days.
He was admitted to the Hospital on 22nd of August and shifted to ICU on the night of 1st of October. He is survived by his two sons. His son Akhilesh Yadav is now party president.
He was born in 1939 in Saifai village of Uttar Pradesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav became chief minister of Uttar Pradesh three times. He also served as Defence Minister, Government of India between 1996 to 1998. Mulayam Singh Yadav came into politics after getting influenced by socialist leaders like Ram Manohar Lohia, Madhu limaye and others. He was popularly known as ‘Netaji’ among his party workers. Mulayam Singh remained active in politics for decades with his unique political skills. Currently, a member of Lok Sabha from Mainpuri, UP, he was elected to the house seven times.
Mulayam Singh also served as a lecturer for a brief while at a college in Karhal. He was first elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1967 and became a member of the assembly 10 times.
In 1977, he was inducted into the Cabinet led by Ram Naresh Yadav as the Minister for Cooperatives and Animal Husbandry. While he became the president of the Lok Dal (People’s Party) in the same year, he headed the Lok Dal (B) after a split in the party. He was elected as the president of the Janata Dal in 1980. In 1992, he founded the Samajwadi Party and led his party to power in UP a year later in an alliance with BSP.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke to Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on telephone and paid his condolences to the departed soul. The three day state mourning in Uttar Pradesh was announced by the Chief Minister. The last rights of Mulayam Singh Yadav will be performed with state honours. He tweeted, “The demise of former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav ji is extremely sad. His death marked the end of a major pillar of socialism and a struggling era. I pray to God for the peace of the departed soul and express my condolences to the bereaved family and supporters.”
उत्तर प्रदेश के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री श्री मुलायम सिंह यादव जी का निधन अत्यंत दुखदायी है।
उनके निधन से समाजवाद के एक प्रमुख स्तंभ एवं एक संघर्षशील युग का अंत हुआ है।
ईश्वर से दिवंगत आत्मा की शांति की कामना व शोकाकुल परिवार एवं समर्थकों के प्रति संवेदना व्यक्त करता हूँ।
— Yogi Adityanath (मोदी का परिवार) (@myogiadityanath) October 10, 2022
Congress President Sonia Gandhi expressed grief over the demise of the veteran politician. She said that, “as the Defense Minister of the country and Uttar Pradesh Chief minister, the contribution of Mulayam Singh will always be unforgettable.” CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury described him as the champion of the interests of the marginalised and backward. BSP chief Mayawati also expressed her condolences.
समाजवादी पार्टी के व्योवृद्ध नेता व यूपी के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री श्री मुलायम सिंह यादव जी के आज निधन हो जाने की ख़बर अति-दुःखद। उनके परिवार व सभी शुभचिन्तकों के प्रति मेरी गहरी संवेदना। कुदरत उन सबको इस दुःख को सहन करने की शक्ति दे।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) October 10, 2022
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said Mulayam Singh had an important contribution to taking forward the socialist movement.
समाजवादी वटवृक्ष सपा संरक्षक आदरणीय मुलायम सिंह जी के निधन की खबर से मर्माहत हूँ। देश की राजनीति में एवं वंचितों को अग्रिम पंक्ति में लाने में उनका अतुलनीय योगदान रहा।उनकी यादें जुड़ी रहेगी।ईश्वर से प्रार्थना है कि दिवंगत आत्मा को अपने श्री चरणों में स्थान दें।विनम्र श्रद्धांजलि।
— Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) October 10, 2022