In yet another outreach towards the Yadav community, the core vote bank of the Samajwadi Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday address an event marking the 10th death anniversary of former Rajya Sabha MP Harmohan Singh Yadav via video conferencing. Harmohan Singh Yadav is amongst the founder members of the Samajwadi Party set up in October, 1992.
According to a release issued by the Press Information Bureau, Harmohan Singh Yadav was a towering figure and leader of the Yadav community. He remained active in politics for a long time. His son Sukhram Singh Yadav was also a Rajya Sabha MP from the Samajwadi Party.
PM Modi will address the programme marking the 10th death anniversary of Yadav at 4:30 pm on Monday (July 25). Yadav was also instrumental in establishing many educational institutions in and around Kanpur with the help of his son Sukhram.
He entered into politics when he was 31 and became a village ‘pradhan’ in 1952. He served in various capacities, including as MLC and MLA, in Uttar Pradesh from 1970 to 1990. In 1991, he was elected a member of the Rajya Sabha for the first time and served as a member of several parliamentary committees. In 1997, he was nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha for the second time. He also served as the national chairman of Akhil Bharatiya Yadav Mahasabha.
Harmohan Singh Yadav had close relations with Chaudhary Charan Singh and Ram Manohar Lohia. He resisted the Emergency and was also jailed while protesting for farmers’ rights. He was an important leader of the Samajwadi Party and was very close to Mulayam Singh Yadav.