Mulayam Singh Yadav's State Funeral Held In UP, Top Leaders Attend
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Son Akhilesh Yadav lights the pyre of 82-year-old 'Netaji' who died at 82 yesterday
The funeral of veteran socialist leader Mulayam Singh Yadav was held with state honours at his native town Saifai in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district today. #WATCH | Last rites of Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo and former Uttar Pradesh CM Mulayam Singh Yadav being performed at his ancestral village, Saifai in Uttar Pradesh pic.twitter.com/nBUezhZqq1 #WATCH | A large sea of people chants "Netaji amar rahein" as a vehicle carries the mortal remains of Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo and former Uttar Pradesh CM #MulayamSinghYadav for his last rites, in Saifai, Uttar Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/RMCzht2uI3
Leaders from across India's political spectrum, including UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, paid their respects, as did thousands of his supporters who walked in the procession from the family house to the cremation grounds.
The Samajwadi Party founder was a three-time chief minister of UP and also served as the country's Defence Minister. He'd been ailing for months before he died yesterday at a hospital in Gurugram. He was 82.
