Yearender 2022: From Mulayam Singh Yadav to Mukta Tilak, Indian political leaders who passed away this year

Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav. File Pic

The year 2022 has seen several ups and downs that be remembered for ages to come. Apart from the global pandemic and natural disasters, people mourned the demise of a number of revered political personalities. Indian politics suffered some serious setbacks as the following politicians breathed their last, leaving irreparable voids in the political landscape of India. Here is remembering them as the year comes to its end.

Mulayam Singh Yadav:

Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav died at Gurugram's Medanta Hospital on October 10 due to multiple organ failure. He was 82. Yadav was hospitalised on August 22 and moved to the ICU on October 2 after his health condition deteriorated. Mulayam Singh Yadav, one of the most prominent leaders of Uttar Pradesh, served as the chief minister of the state thrice and also as India's defence minister. He was elected 10 times as a member of the assembly and seven times as a Lok Sabha member.

Tukaram Gangadhar Gadakh:

Tukaram Gangadhar Gadakh, veteran politician from Maharashtra, passed away on December 2. Gadakh was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009. He represented the Ahmednagar constituency of Maharashtra.

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Samresh Singh:

Samresh Singh, veteran politician from Jharkhand, passed away on December 2. Singh, a five-time MLA from Bokaro, died at his home. He was 81 years old and was unwell for a while. He was the Vice President of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik). He was the first Science and Technology Minister of Jharkhand State Government.

Mukta Tilak:

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Pune, Mukta Tilak, passed away on December 22 at a private hospital in Pune after a five-year-battle with cancer. She was 57. Tilak, who was a first-time legislator, represented the Kasba Assembly segment in Pune city. Before becoming an MLA in 2019, Tilak was also the mayor of Pune. She was a great-granddaughter-in-law of freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak.

Karnendu Bhattacharjee:

Two-time Rajya Sabha MP from Assam and former Silchar MLA Karnendu Bhattacharjee passed away at a private hospital in Noida on December 23. He was 84. Bhattacharjee, who was regarded as one of the stalwarts of the Congress in the Barak Valley areas of Assam, served as the president of Silchar district Congress committee for almost 27 years.