- Monday, March 10, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Mulayam Singh Yadav, a former chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and founder of the Samajwadi Party (SP), passed away in Gurugram, Haryana, early on Monday (10). He was 82.
Singh, who was popularly called “Netaji”, was shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at Gurugram’s Medanta Hospital after his health deteriorated.
He was facing difficulty in breathing and was under supervision of internal medicine experts, according to sources.
I had many interactions with Mulayam Singh Yadav Ji when we served as Chief Ministers of our respective states. The close association continued and I always looked forward to hearing his views. His demise pains me. Condolences to his family and lakhs of supporters. Om Shanti. pic.twitter.com/eWbJYoNfzU
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 10, 2022
He was also suffering from urinary infection.
Singh’s health condition worsened on October 2 and he was shifted to the ICU.
Singh’s son Akhilesh Yadav, also a former chief minister of the state, and the latter’s politician wife Dimple reached the hospital where the patriarch died.
Singh had served as the chief minister of UP as many as three times (in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2007s) and was also a former defence minister of India.
The SP founder was born on November 22, 1939, in Saifai village in Etawah district of the then United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) and was groomed by mass leaders such as Ram Manohar Lohia and Raj Narain.
The late politician was one of India’s most discussed leaders of the 1990s who was born out of mass movements. Singh was known to be a master strategist whose political moves had often kept both his allies and opponents wondering and he was an expert in combining regional and federal politics to remain relevant throughout his active years in politics.
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi condoled Singh’s death.
