Mulayam Singh Yadav, a seasoned politician who seen numerous ups and downs in Uttar Pradesh over the course of his five-decade career, was long associated with the state's politics.
He was so knowledgeable about the politics of the Indian state with the highest population that both his supporters and critics affectionately referred to him as "Netaji."
Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was born on November 22, 1939, in the Etawah district hamlet of Saifai, climbed fast through the political ranks to three times serve as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and once as the Minister of Defence in the Union Government. He won seven Lok Sabha elections and ten MLA elections. His political career lasted for a very long time, and controversy followed controversy.
He told the tale of a politician who came close to becoming India's Prime Minister. Mulayam Singh's name was put out to lead the coalition in 1996, when the United Front was about to create the government. Leaders, notably Lalu Prasad Yadav, opposed it. In 2014, he once more saw an opportunity, but the outcome of the election permanently ruined it. The patriarch of the Samajwadi party reportedly suffered from aresentment that after three times serving as the chief minister of the state with the highest population, he was unable to become India's prime minister.
Today (October 10) in Gurugram's Medanta Hospital, Mulayam Singh, 82, passed away from age-related diseases.
Following a decline in his health, he was brought to the hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) last Sunday. Following a lung infection, his wife Sadhana Gupta passed away in July of this year. Mulayam Singh Yadav's second wife was named Sadhana Gupta. In 2003, Maalti Devi, his first wife, passed away. Akhilesh Yadav's mother was Maalti Devi.