Today (November 22) is the birth anniversary of former UP Chief Minister Padmavibhushan Mulayam Singh Yadav, founder of the Samajwadi Party and pivot of socialist politics in UP. Mulayam has been one of those leaders who achieved many milestones in his long political journey. When he formed his own party, he also coined the meaning of socialism in politics.
Such was the popularity of Mulayam Singh Yadav that his followers coined many slogans for him, which were echoed at Samajwadi Party meetings. At the same time, maintaining his own style of politics, Mulayam raised many slogans from the stage. What was considered the party’s position in the elections.
Mulayam Singh Yadav coined the political definition of socialism. Whenever Mulayam was on stage, he not only launched political attacks on his opponents, but also tried to explain their problems to the public in his own style, describing his efforts to bring “education and health” within the reach of common people. . One of his slogans became very popular. He had given the slogan “Food and clothing should be cheap, medicine and education should be mufti.”
When Mulayam Singh Yadav was at the peak of his politics, he used to raise a slogan from the stage for the underprivileged people of the society. That motto was “Education will be equal, only then will India be created.” This slogan also suited Kanshi Ram, the leader of the Dalit community who had joined Mulayam at that time, because he too was working for the advancement of the underprivileged classes and Dalits.
Mulayam Singh also asked his workers to read Lohia, Jai Prakash Narayan and other socialist thinkers. Many times, when Samajwadi Party’s youth wing Lohia Vahini and student wing used to raise enthusiastic slogans when Mulayam attended any program in Samajwadi Chatra Sabha, Mulayam used to advise them to read Ram Manohar Lohia and other socialist thinkers. Mulayam Singh Yadav, who practiced socialist politics based on the political ideology of Lohia, had given election slogans calling for health, education and inflation as priorities for the common people.
Mulayam Singh Yadav has been a leader who has journeyed from zero to the top in politics. When his popularity was at its peak, his workers coined many slogans about his personality. Not only the former leaders of the Samajwadi Party but also the leaders who were doing student politics during the Mulayam era still remember these slogans.
These slogans were heard even during Mulayam’s political heyday and later during his son Akhilesh Yadav’s politics. The most famous motto among them is: He whose power is strong, his name is Mulayam. This slogan used to echo from the stage at Samajwadi Party meetings. But the history of this slogan is no less interesting.
In 2004, Mulayam Singh Yadav came to Prayagraj (Allahabad at that time). A large crowd had gathered to listen to Mulayam on the grounds of Rambagh’s Seva Samiti Vidya Mandir. When Mulayam’s helicopter arrived, the crowd raised the slogan “He whose influence is strong, his name is Mulayam.” Looking at the crowd, a proud Mulayam said as soon as he reached the microphone on stage: “It is only thanks to all of you that my influence remains intact.” Then the socialist workers, especially the youth workers, began to raise slogans. ‘He whose charm continues, his name is Mulayam.’ This slogan was the favorite slogan of the Samajwadi Party workers.
Name Mulayam Job Mulayam
Mulayam was one such leader who was not only the face of his party but also of socialist politics in UP. Another slogan in the elections was created in the name of Mulayam. This slogan was heard a lot in the 2007 elections. His workers wanted Mulayam to become Chief Minister and this slogan was raised in the election meetings. Workers of the Samajwadi Party’s youth wing, who lead rallies and militant movements, could especially be seen raising this slogan at every meeting. At that time, Akhilesh Yadav was also in charge of the youth front organisations. This motto was: ‘Naam Mulayam, work Mulayam, again Mulayam’.
When the song was made with an English melody, then the slogan…
The story of the 2012 election song and slogan about Mulayam Singh is interesting. Former MP Uday Pratap Singh, close to Mulayam Singh Yadav and following his politics from the beginning, remembers this phrase and has written its song. ‘Akhilesh Yadav liked some tune. I wanted to make a song with it. Akhilesh expressed his desire to compose a song for the Samajwadi Party on that tune. I told him that since Neeraj is a lyricist and in films the melody is composed first and then the lyrics are written, it would be better if he contacted Neeraj. But the melody was from English songs. Neeraj said he couldn’t understand anything. Then Akhilesh asked me if I had written that song. The song contained works of the Samajwadi Party and the Samajwadi people. But this line from the song ‘Man se hai mulayam aur iraade loha hai’ became famous as a catchphrase.
‘Meet Mulayam-Kanshi Ram’…
However sensitive the period of the temple movement was in Indian politics, this period saw many new experiments. It was during that period that Mulayam-Kanshi Ram came together and that slogan was created, for which Mulayam Singh Yadav had to face maximum criticism. People believed that the policy of Muslim appeasement was behind the creation of such a slogan in the name of Ram, the formula of which later became the main strategy of the Samajwadi Party in the form of the M+Y equation.
In fact, it was time to meet Kanshi Ram, who was trying to do politics for the Bahujans and get them political participation, and Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was doing politics in the name of socialist ideology and had taken up the responsibility of bringing the classes backwards advance in society. This was the time in the 90s when politics was intense after the demolition of the Babri structure in Ayodhya. Interestingly, this slogan was first raised on stage by Khadim Abbas, a supporter of Kanshi Ram. I was excited about the union of these two leaders. But once this slogan was raised, it became popular among the workers. This motto was: Meet Mulayam Kanshi Ram…
There was a lot of controversy about it. After the controversy, it became very clear that ‘Hawa Mein Ud Gaye Hai Shri Ram’ was not meant to hurt anyone’s sentiments but to make a political criticism of the BJP’s slogan because the BJP used to raise the slogan of ‘Jai Shri Ram’. in their political programs. Former MP Uday Pratap Singh, close to Mulayam, says: ‘This slogan was actually born due to the opposition between Mandal and Kamandal (who support reservation and oppose reservation). Kanshiram was in favor of Mulayam Mandal. People believed that the Babri Masjid issue had been raised only to divert attention from reservations. It was about blowing those same people up into the air. This motto did not refer to Ram.
Slogans were raised in the name of Mulayam even in the initial phase.
There have been some slogans against Mulayam Singh which the present generation workers are unaware of. These were the slogans of the initial period. Uday Pratap Singh himself wrote a poem. The workers used to recite the verse of the same poem “Veer Mulayam Singh, leader of workers and farmers” in public meetings. A line from a poem written in 1984 also became famous about Mulayam’s personality. When Mulayam played an important role in uniting many leaders of the “Anti-Congress Movement”. The workers used to raise this slogan.
The name is mulayam singh but
the work is very strong
all to the strength of the opposition
I’ve put it on stage!
