Rampur: Mulayam Singh Yadav will be 75 tomorrow and his Samajwadi Party has planned a grand two-day birthday bash beginning today. The show-stopper will be the party chief riding an imported Victorian buggy through the Uttar Pradesh town of Rampur, which looks like Christmas came early.
A special Victorian ‘buggy’ (horse-drawn carriage), which has been hired from London, would carry Mulayam Singh in the stronghold of his trusted lieutenant and senior UP Minister Azam Khan for a distance of around 14 km from the CRPF camp to Maulana Ali Jauhar University, sources said
Senior UP minister Azam Khan, who is organising the show in his hometown, said, “Last time we had welcomed him in a vintage car, this time for our leader we have imported a Victorian buggy. On the route, the cultural department is organising plays and other programmes.”
A 75-foot-long cake will vie for attention. Mulayam Singh is scheduled to land in Rampur at 3 pm on Friday and that is when he will go around town in the buggy. In the evening, he will attend a performance by popular singers Hans Raj Hans and the Sabri brothers. Mr Yadav will cut the giant cake at midnight.
His son and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and the entire top brigade of the Samajwadi Party will be in Rampur for the celebrations. On Saturday morning Mulayam Singh will lay the foundation stone for a medical college at Azam Khan’s Jauhar University.
UP capital Lucknow too is celebrating. Big hoardings line the main roads of the city as eager partymen try to better each other’s birthday wishes for the SP chief.
Bureau Report
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