We can only do that if each and every one of you does your 'bit' to share the petition as widely as you can, to everyone you know and encourage them to do the same. "For this petition to have any chance of having an effect, we must all unite to push it over 1 million signatures. Woman gets stopped in the street by strangers who think she is Princess Diana's daughter.Sir Tony Blair: 500,000 sign petition to have knighthood ‘rescinded’.It means a huge amount to each of these families. "On their behalf, THANK YOU, deeply, for your personal support. He went on: "These families have not only had to suffer the devastation of losing a loved one, but are now suffering the distress of witnessing the man responsible for their loved-one's death being publicly honoured.
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Tonight (Thursday) Angus added an update to the petition in its sixth day, saying that "families of soldiers who died in both Iraq and Afghanistan are pleading for their message to be heard by both the Government and the Palace". Knighthoods are offered in the Queen’s gift, without advice from the Government.īut hundreds of thousands have backed the creator of the petition, Angus Scott, in saying that they believe 68-year-old does not deserve the title and it should be rescinded. Set up on Saturday (January 1), it calls for the appointment - a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter - not to be given to the longest-serving Labour prime minister.Īs of 7.30pm on Thursday (January 6), the number of signatories was at 902,563 and rising at speed. In 2017, he made way for Akhilesh as the SP president and, even though he was opposed to it, saw his son enter a pre-poll pact with Congress, which was soundly beaten in state polls by a BJP-led alliance.The petition calling for Tony Blair to lose the knighthood awarded to him in the Queen's New Year's Honours is nearing 1,000,000 signatures. Mulayam stayed neutral initially but eventually sided with his son. SP’s rout in the 2014 general elections - it was reduced to just five seats - was followed by a feud between Akhilesh and Mulayam’s brother Shivpal in 2016. But his withdrawal into the background coincided with a slide in SP fortunes, both electorally and within its first family. At the pinnacle once again, Mulayam decided, however, to hand over the reins of SP to elder son Akhilesh and settled into the role of patriarch. Mulayam again moved to New Delhi as an MP but, in 2012, ensured that SP roared back to power in UP with 224 seats. A re-energised SP won its biggest-ever tally of 36 seats in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections but by 2007 the pendulum of power in UP had swung back towards Mayawati. Mulayam Singh Yadav with Amar Singh 2003-2022 | Wrinkles in the SP fabric and autumn of the patriarch As the BSP-BJP alliance ruptured, Mulayam cobbled together his own coalition government, taking over as CM for the third time.
Mulayam’s enduring appeal with voters is well-attested to by the fact that he won the seat seven times till 1993, representing a different party each time - 1974 (BKD), 1977 (BLD), 1985 (Lok Dal), 1989 (Janata Dal), 1991 (SJP), 1993 (SP). The wrestler, though, would wrest back the seat in 1985. The seat in Etawah district, where the Yadav family bastion is at Saifai, and the neighbouring Mainpuri district constituted Mulayam’s state and national electoral base, returning him to office on all occasions but one, in 1980, when he lost his first and only major election from Jaswantnagar. Mulayam, fondly known Here's a look back at 55 years of Mulayam Singh Yadav's political arena: 1967-1985 | Saifai ’s Son Rises The social engineering icon’s political journey began in 1967 when he won from Jaswantnagar in the UP assembly polls as a 28-year-old. Ten-time MLA, 7-time MP, 3-time UP CM, one-time defence minister, and founder of UP's most prominent political clan. NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party patriarch and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away on Monday after a prolonged illness. From almost becoming PM to spawning UP's most powerful political clan: 10 highlights of Mulayam Singh Yadav's journey
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