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Who Was Sadhna Gupta? Wife Of Late Politician Mulayam Singh Yadav

Sadhna Gupta was the late politician Mulayam Singh Yadav's second wife. She was admitted to a hospital in Gurgaon due to a lung infection and passed away.

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Politician and founder of Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav at the age of 82. The former federal defence minister and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh had been admitted to a private hospital for several weeks. Yadav's son, Akhilesh Yadav announced his death on October 10.
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Prime Minister Modi paid tribute to the late politician and tweeted, "I had many interactions with Mulayam Singh Yadav Ji when we served as Chief Ministers of our respective states. The close association continued and I always looked forward to hearing his views. His demise pains me. Condolences to his family and lakhs of supporters."

The late politician had been married twice, his first wife Malti Devi was in a vegetative state from 1974 until her death in 2003, following complications while giving birth to their child Akhilesh Yadav.

Yadav's second wife, Sadhna Gupta was the mother of Prateek Yadav and mother-in-law of Bharatiya Janta Party leader Aparna Yadav. Gupta passed away earlier this year on July 9 after a prolonged illness.


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Who Was Sadhna Gupta?

  • Sadhna Gupta was the late politician Mulayam Singh Yadav's second wife. She was admitted to a hospital in Gurgaon due to a lung infection and passed away.
  • In 2007, Yadav admitted to having a second wife, Gupta, when he filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court related to his income. The two had gotten married in 2003, but the news was officially revealed in 2007.
  • Gupta hailed from the Bidhuna district of Uttar Pradesh.
  • She was previously married to Chandra Prakash Gupta and had a son named Prateek Yadav in 1987. The couple later got separated.
  • Her son got married to BJP politician Aparna Yadav in 2011 and the couple has a daughter together.
  • She met Yadav in the 1990s and the couple got married after his first wife, Malti Devi, passed away.
  • Gupta passed away earlier this year in July after suffering from a prolonged illness. She had been admitted to the hospital after she complained about health issues and was shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

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