Sadhna Gupta Yadav is an Indian woman. She is the second wife of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and stepmother of Akhilesh Yadav. He died on 9 July 2022 at Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon after he developed a lung infection.
Wiki/Biography
Sadhna Gupta Yadav was born in 1960 (age 62 years; at time of death) in Bidhuna, Uttar Pradesh, India. He completed his secondary school education at Gajendra Singh Inter Public College, Uttar Pradesh.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 6″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
His father’s name is Kamlapati Gupta, and his mother’s name is Hemlata Gupta.
Sadhna Gupta with her mother
He has two brothers named Sachin Pati Gupta (businessman) and Late Nitin Pati Gupta (businessman).
Sadhna Gupta’s brother, Sachin Gupta
Brother of Sadhna Gupta, Nitin Gupta
He has an older sister named Kalpana Gupta.
Sadhna Gupta with her sister
His brother-in-law, Promod Gupta, is an Indian politician who contested the 16th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election and won. He was appointed as an MLA in Uttar Pradesh and served in that position for five years. Promod Gupta joins Bharatiya Janta Party in Uttar Pradesh in 2022.
Promod Gupta (left) on joining the BJP government in 2022
Husband & Son
On 4 July 1986, Sadhna Gupta married Chandra Prakash Gupta, who worked as a grocer in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh. The couple has a son named Prateek Yadav who is a politician in UP. She divorced her husband in 1990. On 23 May 2003, she married Indian politician and Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Sadhna Gupta with her husband
Mulayam Singh Yadav is twenty years older than Sadhna Gupta. They officially confirmed their marriage in 2007. Mulayam Singh Yadav stated in an official affidavit that Sadhna Gupta is his wife and Prateek Yadav is his son.
Sadhna Gupta with her son and daughter-in-law
His daughter-in-law, Aparna Yadav is an Indian politician. In 2011, Aparna Yadav joined the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav, an Indian politician, is his stepson. Akhilesh is Mulayam’s son from his first wife, Malti Devi.
Sadhna Gupta with her husband and stepson, Akhilesh Yadav
Relationships/Affairs
Sadhna Gupta was in a relationship with Mulayam Singh Yadav before marrying him in 2003. Akhilesh Yadav, in his biography, Badlav Ki Lehar, states that when his grandmother (Murti Devi) was unwell in the 1980s Sadhna Yadav used to take care of Murti Devi and often visited her. to their house. In one instance, Akhilesh mentioned that Once, a nurse was going to give a wrong injection to Murti Devi, but suddenly, Sadhna Gupta immediately stopped the nurse from doing so. Mulayam Singh Yadav was impressed by Sadhana’s caring behavior. Akhilesh wrote,
A nurse in the medical college was about to inject Murti Devi with the wrong medicine, which Sadhna realized because she was present there at the time and stopped the nurse from doing so.”
Sadhna Gupta and Mulayam Singh
Caste
Sadhna Gupta belongs to the Other Backward Class (OBC) community.
Address
Sadhna Gupta lives in Post-Saifai, District Etawah, 26001, Uttar Pradesh.
Career
According to Sadhna Gupta, she wanted to join politics after her marriage to Mulayam Singh Yadav, but he firmly refused her to do so. She is a housewife.
Sadhna Gupta (right) while attending a ceremony
Death
On 9 July 2022, Sadhna Gupta died at Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon after suffering from a lung infection. Soon after her death, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wrote a condolence note on his Twitter handle and expressed his grief over Sadhna’s death. Yogi writes,
The death of Mulayam Singh Ji’s wife is very sad. May Lord Ram help the soul achieve moksha and strength to the family.”
Facts/Trivia
- According to some media sources, Mulayam Singh Yadav considers Sadhan Gupta lucky for him. Reportedly, when he entered his life in the 1980s, he became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
- Akhilesh Yadav was studying in middle class when Mulayam met Sadhna Gupta.
- Before Mulayam’s marriage to Sadhna Gupta, in 1994, Mulayam’s name was registered as Prateek’s guardian in one of the affidavits submitted by Mulayam Singh Yadav at Prateek’s school.
- Reportedly, Akhilesh Yadav is not happy with his father’s marriage with Sadhna Gupta. Akhilesh started living separately after his father’s second marriage. Mulayam Yadav’s relationship with Sadhna was known only to the late veteran Indian politician Amar Singh.
Picture of Sadhna with her husband, Mulayam Singh Yadav
- In 2003, Sadhna Gupta’s name started floating in many media channels as Mulayam’s second wife. Sadhna came into limelight after the death of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s first wife and Akhilesh Yadav’s mother, Malti Yadav.
- In 2017, Sadhna Gupta was seen supporting her son Prateek Yadav on many news channels. He was heard saying that there was a war between the Samajwadi and him during the last phase of the elections in Uttar Pradesh because he wanted his son Prateek Yadav to join politics. In a media conversation, she revealed that Mulayam Singh Yadav shamed her and her son, Prateek Yadav, but she will fight for her son’s rights. Sadhna Gupta says,
I will now assert myself and will not tolerate insulting Netaji (Mulayam).”
Sadhna Gupta added in the same discussion that Mulayam Singh never differentiated between Akhilesh Yadav and her. He mentions,
He was led astray by some people, otherwise he wouldn’t have done what he did. I feel sad about what happened in the family. The chief secretary was changed and people said I was behind it. This is false, though I wish I were so powerful.”
Sadhna Gupta (far right) with her family members
- Once, Sadhna Gupta and Mulayam Singh Yadav put pressure on Akhilesh Yadav to cut the election ticket of Dinesh Verma, the son of former Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly Dhaniram Verma. Akhilesh Yadav had to bow before his parents and had to give the ticket to SP MLA Pramod Gupta, who is his uncle and Sadhna Gupta’s brother-in-law.
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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
