Mulayam singh Yadav and PM Modi(File Photo)
Highlights
- PM Modi pays tribute to Mulayam Yadav at an event in Bharuch
- PM Modi said that they had a special relationship
- On several occasions, pictures of both of them were seen smiling.
Mulayam Singh Yadav: From blaming each other to being seen together at public events, the equation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav has been a special one. Before the last Lok Sabha elections, Yadav had surprised everyone in the Lok Sabha by saying that he wanted Modi to become the Prime Minister again. Prime Minister Modi, while paying tribute to the late Yadav at an event in Gujarat’s Bharuch on Monday, recalled the moment and said they had a special bond.
‘The honest words were like blessings’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Even in the midst of our political differences, the sincere words of a senior leader like Mulayam Singh ji in the House in the last session of the last Lok Sabha were like blessings.” were seen making allegations against.
In the month of January ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Modi had criticized Yadav for his statements that he would not allow Uttar Pradesh to become Gujarat. Modi, who was then declared BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, responded to Yadav’s statement in Varanasi at a meeting in Gorakhpur and said that the Samajwadi Party leader does not have 56-inch chest to convert Uttar Pradesh into Gujarat. Is.
,56 inch chest needed to compete with SP
Mulayam responded to this in October that year and referred to the shelling by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) while addressing a workers’ conference in Lucknow on his re-election as SP president. Yadav, a wrestler in his youth, said Modi needed a 56-inch chest to take on the SP. Modi had also criticized Mulayam for his statement that death penalty cannot be given for rape. In fact, the SP leader then while addressing a rally in Moradabad had said, ‘boys are boys, (mistake) happens’.
On several occasions, pictures of both of them were seen smiling.
Addressing a rally in Budaun in February 2017, Modi said, “An SP MLA from Badaun has made serious allegations against an SP MP and if any correspondent had gone to Mulayam Singh for his reaction, he would have told the boys. Mistake happens.” The two were seen together at the ’tilak’ ceremony of his grandson Tej Pratap, held in 2015 in Mulayam’s native village Saifai. Photos of Modi and Mulayam smiling and meeting happily can be seen on many such public occasions.