Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav came tantalisingly close to occupying the Prime Minister’s chair twice, but lost out due to coalition politics.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away early on Monday, October 10. Earlier, he was shifted to the ICU at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram after his health deteriorated.
Mulayam Singh Yadav's departure leaves a void in Indian politics, especially in Uttar Pradesh where his party emerged as the dominant force and pushed two national parties - BJP and Congress - to the margins for 15 years until the saffron party made a comeback in 2017. There was a time when the fight in the state election was only between Mayawati's BSP and Mulayam's SP.