Even 50 drought-hit districts couldn’t dampen Mulayam Singh’s birthday spirit!

What a shameless form of socialism it appears when the children of state are starving under poverty and the so-called “socialist icon” Mulayam Singh Yadav will be celebrating in the most splendid manner, sharing the stage with members of bourgeoisie and capitalist brigade. While a host of functions have been lined up for the event at the party office on Vikramaditya Marg here, the big bash will be held on November 21 at the athletic stadium in Saifai, the Yadav clan’s ancestral village.

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday cut a 76-kg cake to kick- start extravagant celebrations being planned on the occasion of his 76th birthday in Saifai.

On Wednesday, Nov 18, Grammy and Academy Award winning musician A R Rahman confirmed on Twitter saying, “The state of UP plants over 10 lakh trees in one day”.

Introducing a rush of style to the celebration will likely be Bollywood personalities Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan (both have before conducted at Saifai Mahotsava).

Prominent Industrialists like Anil Ambani and Adi Godrej have also been invited to the celebrations.

Interestingly Amar Singh’s rival in the Samajwadi Party, Azam Khan, who is in news lately for inflammatory and contentious remarks on radicalism and terror, joined the celebrations only towards the end of the event. Rankings of Uttar Pradesh ministers may also attend.

” safety fortified there and Together with The influx of many VVIPs the Saifai airstrip has been done up and round the locale”, the state said. Visitors will get a magnificent spread, largely vegetarian fare.

He was taken around in an imported Victorian buggy. The money spent on the extravaganza was questioned by the media and the opposition.