Mulayam Singh passes away: Know veteran leader's net worth, education, other details

Samajwadi Party supremo and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has passed away at the age of 82. He was admitted in the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, Haryana since the past few days, where he breathed his last.

He was admitted to Medanta Hospital on August 22 and shifted to ICU on the night of October 1. He was being treated by a "comprehensive team of specialists”, according to recent reports.

Yadav, also known as ‘Netaji’ among his followers and party workers, is survived by Akhilesh Yadav, who is currently the SP chief and also a former chief minister of UP. Akhilesh is the son of the SP patriarch's first wife Malti Devi, who died in 2003.

The 82-year-old Yadav obtained a B.A., B.T., and M.A. degree in Political Science from different universities in Etawah, Shikohabad and Agra University. 

The total net worth of Mulayam Singh Yadav has been reported to be equivalent to Rs. 20.56 Crore (as in 2019).

The SP patriarch had been suffering from various health-related ailments for the past three years and his public appearance had been restricted in recent years.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) founder and three-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, rose in UP politics in a period of intense social and political ferment after the 1970s.

Yadav represented the Uttar Pradesh district of Mainpuri as a member of parliament. He had held the position three times, from 1989 to 1991, 1993 to 1995, and 2003 to 2007. From 1996 until 1998, he served as the Union's Minister of Defense. He had won seven elections to the Lok Sabha and 10 to the UP legislative assembly.

Mulayam Singh Yadav won his first election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1967. Yadav was elected Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the first time in 1989. He founded the Samajwadi Party in 1992.