UP, 11/10: The air reverberated with chants of ‘Netaji amar rahein’, emotions ran high and the surging crowds broke down barricades as the mortal remains of Samajwadi patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav were consigned to flames in his native village Saifai on Tuesday.
The last rites were performed by Samajwadi president Akhilesh Yadav, who lit the pyre in an emotionally charged atmosphere.
The body of the socialist leader was kept at his residence till this morning when it was shifted to a specially erected pandal where people came to pay their respects.
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