Samajwadi Party supremo, former Uttar Pradesh CM Mulayam Singh Yadav dies at 82
Mulayam Singh Yadav dies at 82. File Photo: PTI
Samajwadi Party founder and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav died at the age of 82 on Monday (October 10) after a prolonged illness. His condition was "critical" for several weeks and the leader was kept on life-saving drugs at Gurugram's Medanta Hospital.
"Mere adarniya pitaji aur sabke netaji nahi rahe - Akhilesh Yadav," the SP tweeted from its Twitter handle.
मेरे आदरणीय पिता जी और सबके नेता जी नहीं रहे - श्री अखिलेश यादव
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) October 10, 2022
Mulayam was admitted in the hospital since August and was shifted in ICU on October 2. On Sunday, October 9, Medanta Hospital had put out a health bulletin stating that the veteran leaders condition was quite critical and that he was on life-saving drugs.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Mulayam Singh Yadav in a series of tweets, calling him a "remarkable personality".
Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav Ji was a remarkable personality. He was widely admired as a humble and grounded leader who was sensitive to people’s problems. He served people diligently and devoted his life towards popularising the ideals of Loknayak JP and Dr. Lohia. pic.twitter.com/kFtDHP40q9
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 10, 2022
President Droupadi Murmu expressed condolences to Mulayam Singh Yadav's family and said that leaders across party lines respected the veteran politician.
श्री मुलायम सिंह यादव का निधन देश के लिए अपूरणीय क्षति है। साधारण परिवेश से आए मुलायम सिंह यादव जी की उपलब्धियां असाधारण थीं। ‘धरती पुत्र’ मुलायम जी जमीन से जुड़े दिग्गज नेता थे। उनका सम्मान सभी दलों के लोग करते थे। उनके परिवार-जन व समर्थकों के प्रति मेरी गहन शोक-संवेदनाएं!
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) October 10, 2022
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also expressed grief at the senior politician's passing.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh expresses pain on the demise of veteran politician Mulayam Singh Yadav
— ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2022
"He was a grassroots leader who played a prominent role in the politics of Uttar Pradesh for many decades," Singh says. pic.twitter.com/4ywQXVbnI8
Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid tribute to Mulayam Singh Yadav at Medanta Hospital.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah pays tribute to veteran politician Mulayam Singh Yadav at Gurugram's Medanta Hospital. pic.twitter.com/K5wmiAAiKz
— ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2022
Uttar Pradesh government has announced a three-day state mourning. The last rites of Mulayam Singh Yadav will be held at Saifai, his ancestral village in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav's office said.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath has said that the last rites of the veteran politician will be held with full state honours, reported ANI.
A veteran politician:
- Mulayam Singh Yadav was a three-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
- He was also the Union Defence Minister from 1996-98.
- He was elected a Lok Sabha MP from Mainpuri, Azamgarh and Sambhal constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.
- Born on November 22, 1939, he rose to political significance during the 70s.
- He was a wrestler when he was noticed by the then MLA of Jaswantnagar in Mainpuri, Nathu Singh, who gave him a start in politics.
- He established himself as a champion of OBCs and Muslims in Uttar Pradesh.
- Famously, when BJP-led Kar sevaks threatened to march towards the disputed Babri mosque in Ayodhya in 1991, he ordered firing on the Kar sevaks.