The 77th birthday of the Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was celebrated at UP rural institute of the medical science (UPRIMS) at Saifai in Etawah district on Sunday. Mulayam Singh Yadav cut the cut the cake among students of the medical college. The medical students also sung the birthday chorus wising long life to Mulayam Singh Yadav. The UPRIMS was set up in Saifai in 2006 during the tenure of Mulayam Singh Yadav as chief minister from 2003-07.
During the programe RJD chief lalu Prasad Yadav called on the mobile phone of hios son in law Tej Pratap Yadav to greet Mulayam Singh on the occasion. Tej Pratap, SP MP from Mainpuri, is grandson of Mulayam singh and married to the daughter of lalu Prasad Yadav.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that the UPRIMS would soon be upgraded as medical university. He said the government has taken steps in this direction and all pending issues would soon be resolved.
Mulayam Singh Yadav said that `` I have always aspired to see this institute grow in renowned institution of India where every patient whether rich or poor gets the same treatment and attention and goes back as healthy person’’. An all religion prayer was also held on the occasion.
Meanwhile the 77th birthday of the SP chief was celebrated by the party across the state. The party MlAs, leaders and cadres distributed fruits and cloths to the poor people and at various places laddu weighing 77 kg were prepared and distributed among the people. A blood donation camp was also organized by the party at Bakshi Ka Talab.
Birthday celebration programme was also organized at the state office of the party here on Sunday. The party leaders cut the cake and wished their boss. Several ministers and officer bearers of the party attended the music and cultural programme organized on the occasion. Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav also reached the party office in the evening and thanked the party leaders for organizing the programme.
The Imam of the Tilewali masjid orgasnised special prayers wishing long life to Mulayam singh Yadav. Special prayers were offered at various temples and Gurudwaras. Over 200 cadres of Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha from Allahabad led by Sanjay Yadav reached lucknow on Sunday on cycles.
Samajwadi party spokesman and Minister Rajendra Chowdhary said Mulayam Singh Yadav never favoured celebrating his birthday but he was overwhelmed enthusiasm of the cadres and by the love affection respect shown by the party leaders.
SP leader rejected the criticism by the opposition parties of the birthday celebrations. He also denied the opposition charge funds from the state exchequer were used for financing the birthday celebrations in Saifai and elsewhere in the state. `` The programme at Saifai was organized by the Ranvir Singh Smriti Samaroh Samiti for the conservation of environment where one million saplings were planted across the state’’, said the SP leader.
``Its indeed unfortunate that the common people of the state are giving their best wishes to the top leaders of the state while the opposition parties are indulging in an organized disinformation campaign to malign the Samajwadi Party and the government’’, added Rajendra Chowdhary.