Reminiscing on his personal encounters with the ‘son of the soil’, Faisal Fareed pays a rich tribute to Socialist leader Mulayam Singh Yadav popularly known as Netaji
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Updated: 21 Oct 2022 4:00 pm
“Yadav Ji, how has Mulayam Singh Yadav changed your life?” This was the pertinent question I asked an elderly Yadav on the sidelines of a rally during 2012 assembly polls in Mainpuri. The person feigned ignorance leading me to pester him, again, “Yadav Ji, Yadav Ji, Neta ji ne aapko kya diya (Yadavji, what did you get from Netaji)?”
“Yadav Ji, samajh gaye kya diya (I know what he gave us),” was his curt reply.
