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Mulayam Singh Yadav/मुलायम सिंह यादव Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh In office
Three times
05 Dec 1989 - 24 Jun 1991
05 Dec 1993 - 03 Jun 1995
29 Aug 2003 - 11 May 2007Constituency Gunnaur assembly seat, Budaun Personal details Born November 22, 1939
Etawah, Uttar PradeshPolitical party SP Spouse(s) Sadhana Gupta, Late Malti Devi (First wife) Children 2 sons (Akhilesh Yadav, Prateek Yadav) Residence Etawah Religion Hindu Website Samajwadi Party of India Source :[1] Mulayam Singh Yadav in Hindi मुलायम सिंह यादव (born November 22, 1939) is an Indian politician and has influence mainly in Uttar Pradesh state of India. He has been the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and once Defence Minister of India between June 1996 and March 1998 in the United Front government.
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Early life
He first became a state minister in 1977 and in 1980, he became the president of the Lok Dal (People's Party) in Uttar Pradesh. Later the Lok Dal became a part of the Janata Dal (People's Party). In 1982, he was elected leader of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh legislative council. He has an M.A, and B.T. from Jain Inter College, Karhal Mainpuri, Agra University, Agra Uttar Pradesh.
Political career
First term as chief minister
He first became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1989 with the support of the Bhujan samaj Party (BSP)..
After the collapse of the V P Singh government at the center in November 1990, Mulayam Singh 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 center, 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 BJP.
Second term as chief minister
On October 7, 1992, he founded his own Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party). 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. Though the alliance did not win the majority, Mulayam Singh Yadav could become chief minister 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 October 2, 1994 , something for which Uttarakhand activists held him responsible. He continued holding that post until his ally opted into another alliance in June 1995.
As union cabinet minister
In 1996, he was elected to the eleventh Lok Sabha from Mainpuri constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the United Front coalition government formed that year, his party joined and he was named India's Defence Minister. The media reported rumors that there was a possibility of him to become Prime Minister of India, but it is widely believed that fellow Yaduvanshi Kshatriya (Yadav) politician, Lalu Prasad Yadav scuttled his chances. That government fell in 1998 as India went in for fresh elections, but he returned to the Lok Sabha that year from Sambhal parliamentary constituency. After the fall of Vajpayee government at the center in April 1999, he did not support the Congress party in the formation of the government. He contested Lok Sabha elections of 1999 from two seats, Sambhal and Kannauj, and won from both. He resigned from Kannauj seat, which was later won by his son Akhilesh in the by-elections.
Third term as chief minister
In the year 2002, following a fluid post-election situation in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Bahujan Samaj Party tied up to form a government under dalit leader Mayawati, considered to be Mulayam's greatest rival. After a one-and-a-half year stint, the BJP pulled out of the government on August 25, 2003, and enough rebel legislators of the Bahujan Samaj Party left to allow Mulayam to become the Chief Minister, with the support of independents and small parties. Mulayam Singh Yadav was sworn in as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the third time in September 2003. It is widely believed that this change was done with the blessings of the BJP, which was also ruling at the Centre then.
In September 2003, when he was sworn in as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav was a member of the Lok Sabha. In order to meet the constitutional requirement of becoming the member of state legislature within 6 months of being sworn in, he contested the assembly by-election from Gunnaur assembly seat in January 2004. He won by a record margin and polled almost 92% of the total votes. His victory margin of 183,899 votes is the highest margin of victory in assembly elections so far.
With the hope of playing a major role at the center, he contested Lok Sabha elections of 2004 from Mainpuri when he was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. He won the seat and his party, Samajwadi Party won more seats in Uttar Pradesh than all other parties. However the Congress party, which formed the coalition government at the center after the elections had majority in the Lok Sabha with the support of the communist parties. As a result, Mulayam Singh Yadav could not play any significant role at the center. He resigned from Lok Sabha and chose to continue as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh until he lost 2007 election when he lost to BSP.
Caste affiliation
Mulayam belongs to the Yadav caste.[2] The main support base of his Samajwadi Party are Yadavs, Muslims and other backward caste communities, mainly on the basis of casteism he become chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and he has a fool proof plan to bind all the backward caste with him.[3]
Allegations of corruption
Acting on a PIL filed by Vishwanath Chaturvedi, the Supreme Court of India directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe alleged disproportionate assets held by Mulayam Singh, his sons and one daughter-in-law.[4][5] The petition accuses the Government of India as the first respondent of being complicit in this crime by not taking appropriate actions, as per the Prevention of Corruption Act (1988), against the other respondents.
His son Akhilesh Yadav has moved to the Supreme Court seeking a judicial probe instead of a CBI investigation into the alleged disproportionate assets of his father and relatives.[6][7]
Timeline
Political offices Preceded by
Narayan Dutt TiwariChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
05 December 1989 - 24 January 1991Succeeded by
Kalyan SinghPreceded by
President's Rule
Administered by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, B S N Reddy
title/post previously held by-
Kalyan SinghChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
05 December 1993 - 03 June 1995Succeeded by
MayawatiPreceded by
MayawatiChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
29 August 2003 - 11 May 2007Succeeded by
MayawatiSee also
- Yadav
- Ahir
- Muslims
- Ahir clans
- Halla Bol campaign
- Samajwadi Party
- Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- List of people from Uttar Pradesh
References
- ^ http://www.samajwadiparty.in
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etawah
- ^ http://www.nodo50.org/cubasigloXXI/taller/kela1_311203.pdf
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/mar/06spec.htm
- ^ http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070018409
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mulayams_son_seeks_judicial_probe_into_fathers_DA_case/articleshow/2257868.cms
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/mar/07spec.htm
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