“No Other Leader Like Him”: Ex-MLA Dal Singh Yadav Who Made Debut With Mulayam Singh Yadav: Read On Here To Know More!
In 1967, Dal Singh Yadav was elected from Jalalabad in the Shahjahanpur district on a ticket from the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), while Mulayam Singh Yadav was elected from Jaswant Nagar in Etawah district on a ticket from the Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP). “He was unique, there was no other leader like him.” In 1967, Mulayam Singh Yadav was elected to the State Assembly for the first time. Dal Singh Yadav, the lone surviving MLA from that election, described his interactions with Mulayam Singh Yadav in this way. Mulayam Singh Yadav would later found the Samajwadi Party 25 years later. “We were from different parties but similar backgrounds. I first met him in the Assembly in March 1967… We were of the same age, around 28, and maintained a friendship ever since,” Dal Singh, now 83
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