Mulayam Singh Yadav was not called Netaji for nothing, see his interesting facts in the video.
The political history of Uttar Pradesh can never be considered complete without Mulayam Singh Yadav. He died last month this year at the age of 82 and could not celebrate his 83rd birthday on 22 November. That means this time his birthday has been without him for the first time. Mulayam Singh Yadav influenced the politics of not only Uttar Pradesh but the country for a long time. He used to have a lot of status in the Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party) formed by him, due to which his supporters used to call him Respected Netaji.
political science education
Mulayam Singh Yadav was born on 22 November 1939 in Saifai village of Etawah district in the farmer family of Murti Devi and Sughar Singh Yadav, whose fourth child he was. He graduated from Etawah in Political Science and has a BT degree from Shikohabad and MA from Agra University.
wrestling to politics
Mulayam Singh Yadav’s father wanted him to become a wrestler, he also learned wrestling and used to participate in wrestling competitions. Wrestling opened the way for him to enter politics. During a wrestling match, he became close to the then MLA Nathu Singh Yadav and Nathu Singh also contested elections against Mulayam from his own seat, Jaswantnagar. Mulayam Singh’s life changed in this election.
shadow of big leaders
But in politics, Mulayam Singh Yadav flourished under the patronage of big leaders like Ram Manohar Lohia and Raj Narayan. He first became a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1967 where he won eight times. Yadav also remained in jail for 19 months during the Emergency.
time to connect people
Mulayam Singh Yadav became Minister of State in 1977 and President of Lok Dal in Uttar Pradesh in 1980. Who became part of Janata Dal in 1982. In 1982, Mulayam Singh became the leader of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. After the breakup of Lok Dal in 1985, he formed the Krantikari Morcha Party. This was the period when he became famous for socialism, secularism and farmers’ welfare. He was successful in bringing Muslims with him in the Ram Mandir movement.
That golden era of his party
In the 1990s he founded the Samajwadi Party. And at that time political pundits used to talk about MY factor. This meant a joint vote bank of Muslims and Yadavs of Uttar Pradesh. Due to this MY factor, Samajwadi Party gained a lot of popularity and in 1992, when elections were held in Uttar Pradesh due to his government being in minority, he once again became the Chief Minister, but this time he formed an alliance with Bahujan. Samaj Party.
He was also an MP seven times
In 2003, he once again got a chance to enter the government when the BJP-BSP alliance broke and Mulayam Singh Yadav formed the government with some BSP MLAs. But apart from this, he was a seven-time MP from Uttar Pradesh and in 1996, he also held the post of Defense Minister of the country.
Mulayam Singh Yadav many times gave direction to the country’s politics through his decisions. Be it the matter of supporting any government at the Center or the decision not to go with the Congress. He was known as one of the very tough decision makers in soft politics and never hesitated to go it alone in choosing his own path.
