SAIFAI/LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, accompanied by Jal Shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh and UP BJP chief Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, visited Saifai on Monday evening to pay respects to SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav whose mortal remains arrived at his native village on Monday evening. On behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and governor Anandiben Patel, the CM placed wreaths of flowers on the mortal remains of the SP leader.
The Samajwadi Party sources said that his body will be kept at Saifai Mela Ground at 10 am on Tuesday for the public to pay their tributes. The last rites would be performed at 3 pm. The CM has deputed three ministers -- finance minister Suresh Khanna, fisheries minister Sanjay Nishad and MSME minister Rakesh Sachan -- to represent the government at Yadav’s funeral.