Uttar Pradesh: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and senior leader Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away

New Delhi: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and senior leader Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away. He was undergoing treatment for a long time due to physical discomfort. He has also served as a Union Minister and has been in the Legislative Assembly eight times and the Lok Sabha seven times.

Mulayam Singh Yadav died in the morning while undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit of Gurugram Medanta Hospital. He was 82 years old. Mulayam was admitted to the hospital due to respiratory failure and kidney failure.

Mulayam Singh Yadav's death comes amid reports that his health is improving. His son Akhilesh Yadav himself informed about the death through a tweet.

Mulayam Singh Yadav is a leader who has been in Indian politics for more than five decades. Mulayam Singh Yadav's political career finally came to the Samajwadi Party.

Mulayam Singh became interested in socialist ideas through Ram Manohar Lohia. Thus Mulayam Singh Yadav, who contested on a Socialist Party ticket in 1967, became the youngest member of the Legislative Assembly.

Mulayam also established himself as part of the Janata parties that grew and split. After Lohia's death, Mulayam, who sided with Raj Narain, formed the Bharatiya Lok Dal in 1974 along with other Janata parties. In 1975, Mulayam Singh was jailed as part of the protests during the Emergency. In the elections that followed this, the Congress party gained ground and the Janata Party rose to prominence. The Janata Party came to power in Uttar Pradesh and the Centre.

Mulayam was the Minister of Cooperatives, Animal Husbandry and Rural Industries in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. But in 1980, Mulayam and the Janata Party returned defeated. Mulayam later became the Uttar Pradesh state president of the Lok Dal. Mulayam Singh Yadav, who became the leader of the opposition in 1985, later made major interventions in the political history of Uchhar Pradesh.

Lok Dal split in 1985. The Mulayam struggle was followed by the formation of the Kranthikari Morcha. In 1989, Mulayam Singh was first elected to the post of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from Krantikari Morcha. In 1990, V.P. After Singh's cabinet lost power at the Centre, he joined the Janata Dal Socialists along with Mulayam Chandrasekhar. He retained power then with the support of the Congress.

Mulayam lost power in 1991 when the Congress withdrew its support. Mulayam Samajwadi Party was formed in 1992. 1993 SP-BSP alliance came into existence. The party took power after defeating the BJP in the assembly elections. Mulayam himself was elected as the chief minister from the alliance. Mulayam's cabinet then had the support of the Congress and the Janata Dal.

Mulayam's step into national politics was in 1996. Mulayam, who contested from Mainpuri constituency and won, became the defense minister in the united front government at the Centre. Mulayam also reached the Lok Sabha in the 1998 and 1999 general elections.

In 2003, he again became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh with the support of BSP rebels. After the BJP withdrew its support to Mayawati's government, Mulayam became the Chief Minister with the support of independents and small parties.

Won the 2004 Lok Sabha elections from Mainpuri seat. He resigned from the Lok Sabha as he decided to continue as Chief Minister. In 2007, the BSP lost power. In 2012, when the government of Uttar Pradesh returned to the hands of the SP, Mulayam appointed his son Akhilesh Yadav as the Chief Minister.