Veteran Political Leader Mulayam Singh Yadav Sheds Last Breath at 92
By: Ashwathy Nair
Mulayam Singh Yadav was a three-time member of the Legislative Council and veteran Samajwadi Party leader from Auraiya.
Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party president paid a tribute to his demise saying that, it is an irreparable loss to the party. He said, “Mulayam Singh was a person with simplicity, who stayed at his village home and have never even bothered to get a house built in Auraiya town”. “He was an example to people that how a political leader lived a simple life among the people who are known as ‘his people’ who vote for him”.
At the age of 21 in the year 1949, Yadav was elected as a Sarpanch of his village, he was the block chief for fifteen (15) years and a member of the Legislative Council for twenty (20) successive years. Also, he was a three-time member of the Legislative Council along with twice being the block chief of Auraiya’s block, Bhagya Nagar.