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| Mulayam Singh Yadav was the first to try to take this decision. |
A decision taken on January 16, 2017, changed a lot in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. From the hand of 'Dhartiputra', his soil slid. Mulayam Singh Yadav's politics woven around his personality seem to be over. The Samajwadi Party is now in the hands of son Akhilesh, who is fighting for his credibility. The same BJP, which Mulayam Singh Yadav had put a lot of emphasis on in 1993 to keep it out of power. From joining hands with Kanshi Ram to embracing Muslims, it was Mulayam's golden age.
Then Mulayam used to say:
My main goal is to drive the BJP out of this state. I will also join hands with the 'Satans' to destroy the 'Demon'.Today Mulayam is on the margins. Mulayam's aggression is easily remembered, which he showed to defeat the BJP. Akhilesh's way of working and contesting elections is different, but Mulayam's politics was pure wrestler style. A cocktail of political gimmicks and hooliganism gave him the keys to the biggest province in the country.
This was the 1993 election when Mulayam was creating a new politics.
BJP's storm was turning in the scorching heat
The Babri demolition had uprooted the feet of all parties from Uttar Pradesh. Except for BJP. But by the passage of two years, she also became a victim of discord. The land of the temple issue was also cracking. In such a situation, Mulayam was beating the scorching heat of June with full energy. He was turning the tide of the storm that once threatened his political existence. Congress needed a strong face but Mulayam did not give it time to fill this space. Keep on campaigning. Keep making air. He was so confident in his hard work that no one except him opposed it when it came to extending the Governor's rule in UP for six months. Mulayam was in favor of holding elections immediately.
When Mulayam did the tone according to the name
Mulayam has been the leader of arrogant politics. He kept doing such politics until the last moment that everyone should stand on his one voice and bow before him on one voice. But Mulayam had become soft in the election of 93. The reason was BJP. Any political alliance led by Mulayam feared being labeled 'anti-Hindu', which would have benefited the BJP. His image was of bringing criminals into politics, which could have gone against him.
According to the exigencies of the occasion, Mulayam brought a dramatic softening of his tone. Raising anti-Hindu slogans from the stage was almost eliminated and Hindutva idioms were also used very cleverly. For example, he used to say at rallies, "Look, the BJP has made way for thousands of temples in other countries to be demolished by demolishing a mosque in Ayodhya."
He feared Brahminism and cleverly did not mention his friends with the dubious image.
Used to say that BJP should not be allowed to come
Mulayam had the same situation at that time, which is in front of Akhilesh today. Mulayam was successful and Akhilesh's result is yet to come. Akhilesh is playing the bet of an alliance, whereas Mulayam had chosen the path of strong opposition along with the alliance. They told:
“BJP says I am provoking Muslims. I agree. I am provoking everyone who wants to keep the country united."Modi's hard work is praised in rallies today. Then Mulayam also used to address two big rallies and many small public meetings every fortnight. Going to about two three press conferences a week had become a habit for him. There were many flaws in him and he had failed even as a Chief Minister, but the confidence was so much that he put up a front against the BJP.
Mulayam used to gather a large crowd
During the months-long tussle with Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam reiterated many times that he had shed a lot of blood and sweat for the party, which was not owned by Akhilesh or his supporters. Mulayam used, to tell the truth.
This was the period when BJP's rallies and Kalyan Singh's general meetings started fading away and Mulayam remained the center of attraction for Muslims. In the afternoon of 45 degrees in June, when Mulayam reached Unnao's village Asiwan for a rally, more than six thousand people were present to listen to him. The next day he would go to Chandrapur, a small village with 500 Harijans' homes, 70 km from Kanpur, and at night ten thousand Muslims would gather at the Halim Muslim College in Kanpur to listen to him. Mulayam was never an expert in giving speeches, but his rustic idiom left an impact.
All this an EX-CM was doing:-
Mulayam was doing what the coalition needed. Had Mulayam not been there in the Lucknow mayoral election in May 93, Akhilesh Chandra Das of Congress would have lost to Vidyasagar Gupta of BJP. Das got only 50 votes out of 100, but Mulayam not only removed his candidate with the support of 23 votes but also convinced the rebel Congressman Luv Bhargava, who claimed 20 votes, to withdraw. The result was that Das won by four votes.
Mulayam used to say, "I will go to any extent to defeat the BJP." Now it remains to be seen whether after disposing of the wrestler, his son will be able to show the same charisma that the wrestler had shown, even though he has been defeated in 2017.
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