Mulayam Singh Yadav

Mulayam Singh Yadav
मुलायम सिंह यादव
Chairman of the Samajwadi Party
Assumed office
1992
Preceded by Post established
Member of Lok Sabha
In office
2009 – incumbent
Preceded by Ramakant Yadav
Constituency Azamgarh
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office
29 August 2003 – 2007
Preceded by Mayawati
Succeeded by Mayawati
In office
5 December 1993 – 3 June 1995
Preceded by President's Rule (Administered by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh)
Succeeded by Mayawati
In office
5 December 1989 – 24 January 1991
Preceded by Narayan Dutt Tiwari
Succeeded by Kalyan Singh
Ministry of Defence (India)
In office
1 June 1996 – 19 March 1998
Prime Minister

H. D. Deve Gowda,

I. K. Gujral
Preceded by Pramod Mahajan
Succeeded by George Fernandes
Personal details
Born (1939-11-22) 22 November 1939
Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh
Political party

Samajwadi Party (1992-present)
Previously:

Spouse(s) (1) Shrimati Malti Devi, (2) Sadhana Gupta
Relations include Shivpal Singh Yadav (brother), Dimple Yadav (daughter-in-law), Ram Gopal Yadav (brother)
Children Akhilesh Yadav, Prateek Yadav
Residence Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh
Education M.A. (Political Science)
Alma mater Karm Kshetra Post Graduate College
A.K. College, Shikohabad
B.R. College
Agra University
Website Profile

Mulayam Singh Yadav (born 22 November 1939) is an Indian politician who belongs to the Samajwadi Party from Uttar Pradesh. He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1989 to 1991, from 1993 to 1995, and from 2003 to 2007. He also served as the Minister of Defence of India from 1996 to 1998 in the United Front government. Currently, he serves in the Lok Sabha representing Azamgarh.[1]

Personal life

Mulayam Singh Yadav was born to Murti Devi Yadav and Sughar Singh Yadav on 22 November 1939 in Saifai village, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2]

He has gained several degrees — a B.A., B.T. and an M.A. in political science — from Karm Kshetra Post Graduate College in Etawah, A. K. College in Shikohabad, and B. R. College, Agra University respectively.[2]

Yadav married twice. His first wife Malti Devi died in May 2003. Their son, Akhilesh Yadav (born 1973), is the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.,[3][4] Yadav's second wife is Sadhna Gupta Yadav. Sadhna was not well-known until February 2007, when the relationship was admitted in India's Supreme Court.[5] Sadhna and Mulayam have a son named Prateek Yadav (born 1988).[6][7] Prateek manages land holdings of the Yadav family.[7]

Political career

Groomed by mass leaders like Ram Manohar Lohia and Raj Narain, Yadav was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 1967. Interestingly, it was the Indian socialist icon Raj Narain who also inaugurated the first election campaign of Mulayam Singh Yadav in 1967 assembly elections. Yadav served eight terms there. He first became a state minister in 1977. Later, in 1980, he became the president of the Lok Dal (People's Party) in Uttar Pradesh which became a part of the Janata Dal (People's Party) afterwards.[8] In 1982, he was elected leader of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and held that post until 1985.[2]

First term as chief minister

Yadav first became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1989.[2]

After the collapse of the V P Singh government at the centre in November 1990, Yadav joined Chandra Shekhar's Janata Dal (Socialist) party and continued in office as chief minister with the support of the Congress Party. His government fell when the Congress withdrew support to his government in April 1991 in reaction to the aftermath of developments at the centre, wherein the Congress party withdrew support to Chandra Shekhar's government. Mid-term elections to Uttar Pradesh assembly were held in mid-1991, in which Mulayam Singh's party lost power to the BJP.

Second term as chief minister

In 1992, Yadav founded his own Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party).[2] In 1993, he allied with the Bahujan Samaj Party for the elections to Uttar Pradesh assembly due to be held in November 1993. The alliance between Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party prevented the return of BJP to power in the state. Yadav became chief minister[2] of Uttar Pradesh with the support of Congress and Janata Dal. His stand on movement for demanding separate statehood for Uttarakhand was as much controversial as his stand on Ayodhya movement in 1990 was. There was a firing on Uttarakhand activists at Muzaffarnagar on 2 October 1994, something for which Uttarakhand activists held him responsible. He continued holding that post until his ally opted into another alliance in June 1998

As union cabinet minister

In 1996, Yadav was elected to the eleventh Lok Sabha from Mainpuri constituency.[2] In the United Front coalition government formed that year, his party joined and he was named India's Defence Minister.[2] That government fell in 1998 as India went in for fresh elections, but he returned to the Lok Sabha that year[2] from Sambhal parliamentary constituency. After the fall of Atal Bihari Vajpayee government at the centre in April 1999, he did not support the Congress party in the formation of the government at the Centre. He contested Lok Sabha elections of 1999 from two seats, Sambhal and Kannauj, and won from both. He resigned from Kannauj seat for his son Akhilesh in the by-elections.

Third term as chief minister

In 2002, following a fluid post-election situation in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Bahujan Samaj Party joined to form a government under Dalit leader Mayawati, who was considered to be Yadav's greatest political rival in the state.[9] The BJP pulled out of the government on 25 August 2003, and enough rebel legislators of the Bahujan Samaj Party left to allow Yadav to become the Chief Minister, with the support of independents and small parties.[10] He was sworn in as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the third time in September 2003.[2] It is widely believed that this change was done with the blessings of the BJP, which was also ruling at the Centre then.[10]

Yadav was still a member of the Lok Sabha when he was sworn in as chief minister. In order to meet the constitutional requirement of becoming the member of state legislature within six months of being sworn in, he contested the assembly by-election from Gunnaur assembly seat in January 2004. Yadav won by a record margin, polling almost 94 per cent of the votes.[11]

With the hope of playing a major role at the centre, Yadav contested the 2004 Lok Sabha elections from Mainpuri while still Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He won the seat and his Samajwadi Party won more seats in Uttar Pradesh than all other parties. However the Congress party, which formed the coalition government at the centre after the elections, had majority in the Lok Sabha with the support of the Communist parties. As a result, Yadav could not play any significant role at the centre, Yadav resigned from the Lok Sabha and chose to continue as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh until the 2007 elections, when he lost to the BSP.[12]

2014 Indian General Election

Yadav and other members of the SP were criticised for conducting a festival during a crisis following riots in Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.[13] He and his party formed a pre-poll alliance for the 2014 Indian General Election that involved ten other parties.[14] He was elected as a member of the 16th Lok Sabha in those elections from two constituencies - Azamgarh and Mainpuri - and subsequently resigned the latter seat.[15][16]

The only other successful SP candidates in the election were relatives of Yadav: his daughter-in-law, Dimple Yadav, and his nephews Dharmendra Yadav, Akshay Yadav and Tej Pratap Singh Yadav.[17]

Family feud

Since Akhilesh Yadav become Chief Minister of UP, the Yadav family has been divided into two feuding groups. One of the groups is led by Akhilesh Yadav with the support of his father's cousin, Ram Gopal Yadav. The rival group is led by Mulayam Singh and supported by his brother Shivpal Yadav and a friend, Amar Singh. Akhilesh Yadav has fired his uncle twice from his cabinet as it was seen by many as a direct challenge to his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has steadily supported his younger brother Shivpal over him.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Lok Sabha member profile". Lok Sabha.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Detailed Profile: Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav". Government of India. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  3. ↑ Yadav, Shyamlal (7 March 2012). "The Samajwadi Parivar". Indian Express. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  4. ↑ "Tributes paid to Mulayam's wife". The Times of India. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  5. ↑ Bhatt, Sheela (6 March 2007). "Will this man bring down Mulayam?". rediff.com. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  6. ↑ "Mulayam Singh Yadav let off, but second wife in tax net". Economic Times. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  7. 1 2 "Mulayam's younger son prefers body-building to body politic". Indian Express. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  8. ↑ "Mulayam Singh Yadav Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  9. ↑ "Mulayam may be keen to shake hands with Maya, but is she?". www.dailyo.in. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  10. 1 2 "UP governor invites Mulayam to form government". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  11. ↑ "Gunnaur voters feel Mulayam may not retain seat". 8 April 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  12. ↑ "Mulayam concedes defeat, it's Maya in UP". The Times of India. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  13. ↑ Anand, Deevakar (18 January 2014). "The Neros Of Uttar Pradesh". Tehelka Magazine. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  14. ↑ "Nitish Kumar, Mulayam Singh Yadav in 11-party front to battle Congress, BJP in Lok Sabha polls". NDTV. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  15. ↑ "BJP now eyes Mulayam Singh Yadav's Mainpuri seat". The Asian Age. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  16. ↑ "Mulayam Singh Yadav meets Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik". India.com. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  17. ↑ "Lok Sabha". 47.132. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  18. ↑ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/53902522.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Further reading

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Mulayam Singh Yadav		 Leader of the Samajwadi Party in the 16th Lok Sabha
2014–present 		Incumbent
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