<p>Condoling the death of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that his demise is a major loss to the country and polity.</p>.<p>The 82-year-old Yadav died at a hospital in Gurugram earlier in the day after a prolonged illness.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read —<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/netaji-wrestled-heartlands-upper-caste-hegemony-1152222.html" target="_blank"> 'Netaji' wrestled heartland's upper caste hegemony</a></strong></p>.<p>“I am deeply saddened to learn about the demise of the great national leader & founder of the Samajwadi Party, Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav ji. His passing is a major loss to our country and our polity. My deepest condolences to his family and his followers,” Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, tweeted.</p>.<p>Yadav was a former defence minister and three-time chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p>He was born on November 22, 1939, into a farming family in Saifai near Etawah in Uttar Pradesh.</p>
<p>Condoling the death of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that his demise is a major loss to the country and polity.</p>.<p>The 82-year-old Yadav died at a hospital in Gurugram earlier in the day after a prolonged illness.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read —<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/netaji-wrestled-heartlands-upper-caste-hegemony-1152222.html" target="_blank"> 'Netaji' wrestled heartland's upper caste hegemony</a></strong></p>.<p>“I am deeply saddened to learn about the demise of the great national leader & founder of the Samajwadi Party, Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav ji. His passing is a major loss to our country and our polity. My deepest condolences to his family and his followers,” Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, tweeted.</p>.<p>Yadav was a former defence minister and three-time chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p>He was born on November 22, 1939, into a farming family in Saifai near Etawah in Uttar Pradesh.</p>