Samajwadi Party founder and former UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away on Monday after a prolonged illness.
Mulayam Singh Yadav’s son Akhilesh confirmed his father’s demise in a tweet through the official Twitter handle of the party. “My respected father and everyone’s leader is no more – Akhilesh Yadav,” the tweet on Samajwadi Party’s Twitter handle read.
Mulayam Singh Yadav, 82, was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Haryana’s Gurugram for over a week and had been on life-saving drugs. The SP patron had been under treatment at Medanta since August 22. He had also been admitted to the facility in July.
After the SP informed of Mulayam Singh’s poor health condition on Sunday, October 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath spoke to Akhilesh to enquire about his father’s health. PM Modi had also assured him of all possible help and assistance.
Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) was an Indian politician and the founder-patron of the Samajwadi Party. He served for three non-consecutive terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and also served as the Minister of Defence, Government of India. A long-time parliamentarian, he was the Member of Parliament, representing the constituency of Mainpuri in the Lok Sabha, and has also earlier served as the Member of Parliament from Azamgarh and Sambhal constituencies. He was often referred to as Netaji (meaning respected leader in Hindi) by party leaders and workers.