Mulayam Singh's mortal remains arrive at native Saifai village
The Hindu
Samajwadi Party founder passed away on October 10
The body of Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav arrived at his native Saifai village in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah on Monday evening, hours after the leader died at a Gurugram hospital.
The body was brought here at Saifai village from Gurugram’s Medanta Hospital.
It has been kept at Saifai Mela Festival for darshan and the cremation will take place on Tuesday afternoon.
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Besides a large number of people who waited for the mortal remains at the venue, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, former MP Dharmendra Yadav and other family members were present when the body was taken out from an ambulance.
Mulayam's brother Shivpal Yadav was seen comforting Akhilesh Yadav, placing his hand on his shoulder as the latter broke down.
Soon after the body was laid for the last darshans, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh and BJP State president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary arrived and paid their tributes.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.