Mulayam Singh Yadav Death HIGHLIGHTS: Former UP CM's Mortal Remains Reach His Ancestral Home In Saifai
Mulayam Singh Yadav Death HIGHLIGHTS: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away on Monday. He was 82 and being treated at Gurugram hospital.
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Mulayam Singh Yadav Death HIGHLIGHTS: Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav died Monday in Medanta hospital in Gurugram, where he was undergoing treatment. Mulayam, 82, was admitted to the hospital in August, was shifted to ICU on October 2 and was on lifesaving drugs since.
Samajwadi Party from its official Twitter handle, quoting Akhilesh Yadav announced the death of the party founder.
"Mere adarniya pitaji aur sabke netaji nahi rahe (My respected father and everyone's 'Neta ji' is no more) - Akhilesh Yadav," the tweet said.
मेरे आदरणीय पिता जी और सबके नेता जी नहीं रहे - श्री अखिलेश यादव
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) October 10, 2022
According to hospital sources, he breathed his last at 8.15 a.m. on Monday.
The 82-year-old Samajwadi Party patriarch was facing difficulty in breathing and was under the supervision of an internal medicine expert at the Medanta Hospital, as per sources. Singh was suffering from a urinary infection as well, hospital sources had said.
On Sunday, Medanta Hospital put out a health bulletin stating that the veteran leader's condition was quite critical and that he was on life-saving drugs.
Mulayam Singh Yadav was elected as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister three times — from 1989 to 1991, 1993 to 1995, and 2003 to 2007.
From 1996 to 1998, Mulayam Singh was also the Union defence minister.
In 1967, Mulayam Singh was 28 years old when he was elected as an MLA for the first time. His political career lasted over five decades. He launched the SP in 1992 and developed his operations throughout North India.
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Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur on demise of Mulayam Singh Yadav
"He was a big name in Indian politics. This is a great loss for the politics of the country. May God give strength to his family to bear this loss. I express my deepest condolences to the family members and their supporters": Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur on the demise of Mulayam Singh Yadav, ANI reported.