Thousands of Azam's supporters accompanied the ‘buggy' carrying Mulayam, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and minister Azam Khan, as it proceeded towards the Jauhar University. The buggy is stated to have been imported from London. BSP and BJP had slammed the Samajwadi Party for the “extravagant” celebrations.
“Mulayam Singh Yadav is celebrating his birthday on the suffering of the people of the state,” BSP leader Sudhindra Bhadoria had said.
“Such extravagant celebration of the socialist leader is a mockery of socialism... taking out a procession on a ‘buggy' brought from London is a humiliation of the poverty stricken population of Uttar Pradesh,” BJP spokesman Manish Misra had said and demanded that the details of the expenditure on the grand celebrations be made public.
However, Samajwadi Party had defended the celebrations with party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia saying Mulayam is the “tallest leader” of the country and that the people are celebrating his struggle.
