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Senior Socialist Party Leader Vishram Singh Yadav Dies at 92
Vishram Singh Yadav, a veteran Samajwadi Party leader and former state minister who was a close confidant of late party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, died at an Agra hospital on Wednesday. He was 92.
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Yadav breathed his last while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Agra, according to party sources. The Etawah-based leader had served as a state minister and was known for his long association with the Samajwadi Party and its founding patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Yadav's funeral procession was attended by several senior party figures, including Shivpal Yadav and Ramgopal Yadav, who paid their final respects by carrying his stretcher during the cremation ceremony.
His death marks the passing of another prominent figure from the older generation of Uttar Pradesh's socialist movement. Vishram Singh Yadav had remained an influential voice within the Samajwadi Party for several decades, playing a significant role in the state's political landscape.