Mulayam Singh Yadav
Indian politician (1939–2022)
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Mulayam Singh Yadav was an Indian politician, a socialist figure and founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and also as the Union Minister of Defence in the Government of India. A long-time parliamentarian, he was a seven-time Member of Parliament representing Mainpuri, Azamgarh, Sambhal and Kannauj constituencies in the Lok Sabha, a ten-time member of the Legislative Assembly, member of the Legislative Council and the Leader of Opposition for several times as well. The veteran politician was a prominent figure of his time in Indian politics, and was often referred to as Netaji and Dhartiputra by party leaders and workers. In 2023, the socialist leader was posthumously conferred with Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award by the Government of India.
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SP picks 6 more nominees, fields Mulayam Singh Yadav's nephew from AzamgarhThe Samajwadi Party has revealed the names of six additional candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Dharmendra Yadav, the nephew of the late Mulayam Singh Yadav, has been chosen as the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Ayodhya 1990 firing on Karsevaks: Eyewitness recalls horrific experience when 125 people took shelter at her homeOm Bharati, an eyewitness to the 1990 firing incident on Karsevaks in Ayodhya, recalls the pain and humiliation they suffered. Mulayam Singh Yadav, the then Chief Minister, ordered the firing to please..IndiaTimes - Published | |
SP, Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) will fight 2024 Lok Sabha polls together: Akhilesh YadavSamajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has stated that the alliance between SP and Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) will continue in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a function, Yadav expressed..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Memorial will be built in Mulayam's honour in UP's Saifai: Akhilesh YadavIndiaTimes - Published | |
Akhilesh Yadav receives Mulayam Singh Yadav's Padma awardIndiaTimes - Published | |
Mayawati on 1993 SP-BSP alliance: Mulayam lacked honest intentIndiaTimes - Published | |
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BJP pays homage to Kanshi Ram to woo Dalits before 2024 pollsTop BJP functionaries paid homage to BSP founder Kanshi Ram on his 89th birthday anniversary Wednesday, in a move seen as the party’s effort to reach out to Dalits ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Mulayam Singh Yadav, PM Modi's mother among 100 in RSS homage listThe Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Sunday began its three-day annual general body meeting at Samalkha near Panipat in Haryana by paying tribute to late Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
RSS pays tributes to Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sharad Yadav, Shanti Bhushan at its annual meetIndiaTimes - Published | How Pakistan's Iqra crossed 2 borders to marry India's Mulayam Singh YadavIqra Jeevani was recovered last month from Bengaluru where she was living with Mulayam Singh Yadav, who is now in jail. She was handed over to the Pakistani authorities at the Wagah border.DNA - Published |
'Netaji mere sapne mai aaye': Tej Pratap Yadav says he dreamt of Mulayam Singh, attended wedding togetherRJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav said that he recently dreamt of Mulayam Singh Yadav, who had passed away last year and had strong relations with the Yadav family of Bihar.DNA - Published | Shivpal Yadav made general secretary in new SP national executiveSamajwadi Party on Sunday declared its national executive with Akhilesh Yadav as its national president and uncle Shivpal Yadav as a general secretary. The uncle-nephew duo who parted ways in 2016 came..IndiaTimes - Published |
Samajwadi Party slams Centre for conferring Padma Vibhushan on Mulayam Singh Yadav, demands Bharat RatnaThe SP claimed that the central government had made a mockery of Mulayam Singh Yadav's stature and contributions with the Padma Vibhushan honour.DNA - Published | ORS pioneer among 26 unsung heroes on Padma awards listSP ex-chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, iconic architect Balkrishna Doshi and pioneer of ORS Dilip Mahalanabis have been posthumously awarded Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award. Other..IndiaTimes - Published |
Padma Awards 2023 announced: Mulayam Singh, Zakir Hussain, Sudha Murty among selected; check full list of winnersThe selected persons for the Padma Awards 2023 have been announced, with Mulayam Singh Yadav and Sudha Murty on the list.DNA - Published | Mulayam Singh, Zakir Hussain, Dilip Mahalanabis amid 6 Padma Vibhushan awardeesORS (oral rehydration solution) pioneer Dilip Mahalanabis will receive the Padma Vibhushan (posthumous) in the field of Medicine (Pediatrics), the Centre announced on Wednesday. A total of 25 other..IndiaTimes - Published |
Mainpuri pays back to Mulayam Singh Yadav, elects Dimple Yadav by record marginIn a fitting tribute to Samajwaadi Party icon Mulayam Singh Yadav, voters in Mainpuri gifted a landslide victory to his daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav in the Lok Sabha bypoll on Thursday.IndiaTimes - Published | Mainpuri results: Dimple Yadav to score record win in late father-in-law Mulayam Singh Yadav's bastionDimple Yadav secured more than 1 lakh votes with a lead of more than 70 thousand votes over BJP's Raghuraj Singh Shakya.DNA - Published |
Bypoll Results 2022: BJP eyes demolishing SP citadels in UP; counting of votes tomorrowBypoll Results 2022: The by-election in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat was necessitated by the demise of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.DNA - Published | Prestige battles today in bypolls to MSY bastion, 6 assembly seatsThe late SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav was Mainpuri MP since 2004, except when he relinquished it to retain Azamgarh in 2014. His daughter-in-law and Akhilesh’s wife Dimple Yadav will take on..IndiaTimes - Published |
UP Bypolls 2022: SP eyes saving bastions Mainpuri, Khatauli and Rampur; Mulayam's legacy and Azam Khan's turf at stakeThe outcomes of the bypolls will not have any impact on the central or the state governments as the BJP enjoys a comfortable majority at both levels.DNA - Published | Patch-up signal: Akhilesh, Shivpal share dais for first time in 6 yearsSamajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and uncle Shivpal Yadav shared poll stage Sunday for the first time in six years to stake claim to Mulayam Singh Yadav’s legacy, signalling from the Etawah..IndiaTimes - Published |
Mainpuri bypolls: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Dimple Yadav meet Shivpal Singh YadavDimple will contest the bypolls from the Mainpuri seat which has been the stronghold of Mulayam Singh Yadav.DNA - Published | BJP candidate Raghuraj Singh Shakya visits Mulayam samadhi before filing papersRaghuraj Singh Shakya, BJP candidate for Mainpuri Lok Sabha by-poll, filed his nomination on Wednesday after paying respects at Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's samadhi sthal in..IndiaTimes - Published |
How Dimple Rawat became SP's favourite bahu: Know the filmy love story of Akhilesh and Dimple YadavSP leader Dimple Yadav is the wife of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, set to carry the legacy of deceased father-in-law Mulayam Singh Yadav.DNA - Published | Aparna Yadav to take on Dimple Yadav in Mainpuri bypoll? Mulayam Singh Yadav's legacy on focus in BJP-SP prestige battleHer candidature is seen as the SP's efforts to carry forward Mulayam Singh Yadav's legacy on the seat, considered a stronghold of party since 1996.DNA - Published |
Mulayam Singh Yadav gave a new direction to people of UP: Farooq AbdullahIndiaTimes - Published | Bypoll to one Lok Sabha, 5 assembly seats on December 5, counting on December 8: Election CommissionBypoll to the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat which fell vacant following the death of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav will be held on December 5 along with byelections to five assembly..IndiaTimes - Published |
Why Mulayam’s death poses challenge to Akhilesh Yadav in SP bastion MainpuriSamajwadi Party (SP) founder and supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, who died at the age of 80 in a hospital in Gurugram on Monday, was a sitting member of Lok Sabha from Mainpuri constituency in Uttar..IndiaTimes - Published | Mulayam Singh Yadav funeral schedule: Cremation in Saifai at 3 pm today, know leaders who are likely to attendPolitical leaders from across the country are expected to arrive at Saifai today and pay their final respects to SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.DNA - Published |
Mulayam Singh Yadav no more: When MSY roadblocked Sonia Gandhi's PM bid in 1998 citing her 'foreign origin'Mulayam Singh Yadav served as defence minister from 1996 to 1998, and chief minister thrice in 1989-91, 1993-95, and 2003-07.DNA - Published | Mulayam Singh Yadav democracy’s key soldier during Emergency: PM ModiIndiaTimes - Published |
Mulayam Singh Yadav: A socialist who built an anti-Congress frontIndiaTimes - Published | Was 'PariWar' Mulayam's bid to put son Akhilesh at party's helm?IndiaTimes - Published |
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Mulayam faced multiple enemies in final battle for life, says docRecalls his grit, fighting spiritIndiaTimes - Published | Mulayam Singh stalwart of Indian politics and grassroots leader: L K Advani pays tributeBJP veteran L K Advani condoled the passing away of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday, saying that “a stalwart of Indian politics and a grassroots leader, Mulayam Singh ji..IndiaTimes - Published |
From almost becoming PM to spawning a powerful political clan: 10 highlights of Mulayam Singh Yadav's journeyIndiaTimes - Published | Mulayam Singh Yadav demise: When people in Saifai village gave up one meal a day in 1967 to help 'Netaji' become MLAMulayam Singh Yadav's struggle in UP's political arena ended when the then strongman Nathu Singh gave up his seat for the former to step in.DNA - Published |
I wish you become PM again: Remembering Mulayam Singh Yadav's bonhomie with Narendra Modi, a tale of foe turned friendsMulayam Singh Yadav's praise for PM Modi showed his unhappiness and disappointment with Akhilesh's move of forging an alliance with the BSP.DNA - Published | Piyush Goyal says Mulayam Singh Yadav's demise great loss to countryIndiaTimes - Published |
Voice of socialist ideas has fallen silent today: Sonia Gandhi on Mulayam Singh's demiseIndiaTimes - Published | Mulayam Singh Yadav: In success or failure, always 'Netaji' to his supportersSamajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, who founded the SP in 1992 as the campaign for a Ram temple was peaking, was seen as a critical secular counterpoint to the rise of Hindutva politics in the..IndiaTimes - Published |
