A phenomenon called Mulayam: In praising BJP, SP patriarch fights last battle to save his legacy
5 years, 10 months ago

A phenomenon called Mulayam: In praising BJP, SP patriarch fights last battle to save his legacy

Firstpost  

Mulayam Singh Yadav, who praised his adversary Modi in the Lok Sabha and wished him victory in the 2019 polls, is fighting one last battle to protect his legacy without even getting into the ring Editor’s note: The following article first appeared in this weekend’s edition of Firstpost Print. The obvious answer is Yadav’s intense dislike for Mayawati which developed as a consequence of the 1993 alliance Yadav forged with Kanshi Ram, Mayawati’s mentor. The BJP’s Hindutva slogan Jai Sri Ram found an effective antidote in “Mile Mulayam Kanshi Ram, hawa me ur gaye Jai Sri Ram ”. But Yadav’s concern comes from the fact that while Mayawati has built on the legacy of Kanshi Ram, Akhilesh is frittering away Yadav’s legacy.

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Former UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav’s statue at Maha Kumbh Mela sparks row – ‘Anti-Hindu and in Favour of Muslims’
2 days, 11 hours ago

Former UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav’s statue at Maha Kumbh Mela sparks row – ‘Anti-Hindu and in Favour of Muslims’

New Indian Express  

However, the installation did not sit well with members of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, the apex body of Hindu religious leaders. Its president, Mahant Ravindra Puri, voiced strong opposition, accusing Mulayam Singh Yadav of being “anti-Hindu” and “anti-Sanatan”. He claimed that Mulayam Singh Yadav had been “in favour of Muslims” and had not supported the Ram temple movement, which …

Mandal for the Mandir | On BJP and the Dalit Vote
6 months ago

Mandal for the Mandir | On BJP and the Dalit Vote

The Quint  

It caused quite a stir when the Bharatiya Janata Party lost the Faizabad Lok Sabha seat and even the seats around it. In the 1990s, Mandal politics dominated under the aegis of Kanshi Ram and Mulayam Singh Yadav. The slogan, Mile Mulayam Kanshi Ram, hawa mein uddh gaye Jai Shree Ram, gathered traction and defeated the Brahmanical forces behind the …

SP out to unite ‘bahujan samaj’, not dent it, says Akhilesh
1 year, 9 months ago

SP out to unite ‘bahujan samaj’, not dent it, says Akhilesh

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said his party is out to unite the ‘bahujan samaj’, and not make a dent in it. Without taking anyone’s name, he warned people against “those who indirectly help the BJP in elections.” •Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav during the unveiling of a statue of the late Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi …

Daughter-in-law, disciple battle over Mulayam Singh’s legacy in Mainpuri bypoll
2 years, 1 month ago

Daughter-in-law, disciple battle over Mulayam Singh’s legacy in Mainpuri bypoll

The Hindu  

On a hot April day amid hectic campaigning for the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, aka Netaji, made an emotional appeal to voters in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri, his family’s pocket borough. Read | Mainpuri bypoll: A moment of reckoning for Akhilesh Yadav In Netaji’s absence, his son and party president Akhilesh Yadav has fielded his …

Obituary | Mulayam Singh Yadav: A wily, malleable and practical politician who played to his strengths
2 years, 3 months ago

Obituary | Mulayam Singh Yadav: A wily, malleable and practical politician who played to his strengths

Firstpost  

Mulayam Singh Yadav survived the Mandal agitation, push of the Lotus when the BJP came into power, but could not keep hold of the reins of his own party in the twilight zone of his career In a country where politicians make their careers on the back of oratorical skills, Mulayam Singh Yadav was anything but articulate. The utterly wily …

Mandal politics needs a reboot
2 years, 3 months ago

Mandal politics needs a reboot

Hindustan Times  

If Mandal altered the grammar of politics in the heartland, Mulayam Singh Yadav was its shining mascot — rising from the muddy wrestling pits of Uttar Pradesh to successfully claim the mantle of the agrarian, socialist politics of Ram Manohar Lohia and Chaudhary Charan Singh. His successes marked the high noon of backward caste assertion made possible by the mobilisation …

SP Saga: When Belligerent Brother, 'Misguided' Bahu & Son's Power Play Shook Mulayam, Saifai's First Family
2 years, 3 months ago

SP Saga: When Belligerent Brother, 'Misguided' Bahu & Son's Power Play Shook Mulayam, Saifai's First Family

News 18  

Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, who died on Monday at a hospital in Gurugram after prolonged illness, spawned the state’s most prominent political clan. Another relationship of the SP patriarch which has been in the news has been his bond with younger brother Shivpal Singh Yadav, who quit the party and floated the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party. The feud with …

'His Demise Pains Me': PM Modi And Others Pay Tribute To Mulayam Singh Yadav
2 years, 3 months ago

'His Demise Pains Me': PM Modi And Others Pay Tribute To Mulayam Singh Yadav

ABP News  

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away on Monday at the age of 82. In a tweet, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav announces the passing away of his father and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. Prime Minister Narendra Modi while offering condolences to Mulayam Singh's family, he said, "I had many interactions with Mulayam Singh Yadav Ji …

Mulayam Singh Yadav, a mass leader who played politics like a wrestler
2 years, 3 months ago

Mulayam Singh Yadav, a mass leader who played politics like a wrestler

India Today  

Writing about the political contribution of Mulayam Singh Yadav, who passed away on October 10, Monday, is as complex as the politics he practiced. But Congress for its depleted state and the new political order for its gains owe a lot to the rise of wrestler turned socialist politician Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh. Before the Assembly polls, at …

‘Good fight, congrats’, says Mulayam in rare praise of son Akhilesh
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Good fight, congrats’, says Mulayam in rare praise of son Akhilesh

Hindustan Times  

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday praised party chief Akhilesh Yadav on the way he contested the UP assembly elections. Samajwadi Party chief patron Mulayam Singh Yadav giving SP’s newly elected Saharanpur Rural MLA Ashu Malik his victory certificate at the party office, in the presence of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. This was the first time, since his …

The Mulayam clan | The patriarch, the successor and the party parivar
2 years, 11 months ago

The Mulayam clan | The patriarch, the successor and the party parivar

The Hindu  

Around this time five years ago, when Akhilesh Yadav overcame an acrimonious family feud and seized the reins of the Samajwadi Party as well as its symbol, ‘cycle’, from his father Mulayam Singh, a flashy blue Lamborghini made heads turn in Lucknow. Prateek Yadav, Mr. Akhilesh’s step-brother, owned the car, which had then become the subject of a 125-second video …

Akhilesh Yadav claims he would have built the Ram Mandir in a year
3 years ago

Akhilesh Yadav claims he would have built the Ram Mandir in a year

Op India  

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and the Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya would have been built in one year had there been a Samajwadi Party government in the state. अगर समाजवादी पार्टी की सरकार होती तो हम 1 साल में राम मंदिर बना देते। वो राम मंदिर नहीं बनाना चाहते, वो वोट लेना …

TMC 'Ram-Drohi', BJP Will Bring Law Against Love Jihad Once in Power: Yogi Adityanath at Bengal Rally
3 years, 10 months ago

TMC 'Ram-Drohi', BJP Will Bring Law Against Love Jihad Once in Power: Yogi Adityanath at Bengal Rally

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday called the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress ‘Ram-drohi’ and said the BJP will ban illegal slaughter houses, cow smuggling and ‘love jihad’ within 24-hours if voted to power in Bengal. In Uttar Pradesh, we did the same thing.” He further said it is unfortunate that Banerjee is angered by ‘Jai Sri Ram’ slogan. …

Law against 'Love jihad' for all, not just Muslims: UP CM Yogi Adityanath
3 years, 10 months ago

Law against 'Love jihad' for all, not just Muslims: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

India Today  

In an exclusive interview with Prabhu Chawla on AajTak's special weekly show 'Seedhi Baat', Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the law brought in by his government against the alleged practice of "love jihad" is not anti-Muslim and it is applicable to people from all religions. Whoever commits a wrong, he will be punished as per the law," …

Samajwadi Party history of insulting Hindus as Akhilesh turns Ram Bhakt
4 years, 1 month ago

Samajwadi Party history of insulting Hindus as Akhilesh turns Ram Bhakt

Op India  

Decades ago, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the great Hindutva revolutionary, opined that should Hindus come to unite, then Congress leaders will be forced to wear their Janeu over their coats. Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday declared that Shri Ram belongs to his party and he and his party men are Ram Bhakts. To be clear, Mulayam Singh Yadav had …

As Mulayam Singh Yadav Turns 81, His Village Recalls Skipping Meals for 1st Election, Tryst with PM's Chair
4 years, 1 month ago

As Mulayam Singh Yadav Turns 81, His Village Recalls Skipping Meals for 1st Election, Tryst with PM's Chair

News 18  

As former UP CM and patriarch of Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav turns 81 today, his village Safai recalls how the people had skipped their meals just to collect money so that their beloved Netaji could contest his first ever assembly elections. “One Sone Lal Shakya said that Mulayam Singh Yadav belongs to us and we should skip our meal …

‘He is an old man, keeps forgetting what to say,’ Former Bihar CM Rabri Devi on Mulayam Singh’s endorsement to Modi for PM in 2019
5 years, 11 months ago

‘He is an old man, keeps forgetting what to say,’ Former Bihar CM Rabri Devi on Mulayam Singh’s endorsement to Modi for PM in 2019

Op India  

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Make no mistake! Mulayam Singh Yadav wishing for Modi’s victory is a huge political statement
5 years, 11 months ago

Make no mistake! Mulayam Singh Yadav wishing for Modi’s victory is a huge political statement

Op India  

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav today in Lok Sabha wished for Narendra Modi’s victory as Prime Minister for the second term in upcoming 2019 elections. #WATCH Samajwadi Party’s Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lok Sabha, says, “PM ko badhaai dena chahta hun ki PM ne sabko saath lekar chalne ka pura prayas kiya. Main chahta hun, meri kamna hai ki …

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