Mulayam hails Azam Khan for doing a 'great job'

November 29, 2014 22:23

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today heaped praise on senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan for doing a 'great job' in arranging his birthday bash even as he ruled out any action against him over his comment on the source of funding for the event.

The birthday celebrations had drawn a flak from various quarters for the extravaganza associated with it and the controversial comment made by Khan.

"Why should people ask him (Azam Khan) from where money has came (for birthday celebrations)? He has done a great job in arranging celebrations for my birthday. You must have seen how people from different walks of life formed a 16-km-long human chain to greet me that day. They are not given any money to do so. They came as per their wish," said Yadav.

Yadav and his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav were in the city today to attend a function in the family of former Medical Council of India president Ketan Desai. They were accompanied by SP MP Naresh Agrawal and Congress leader Rajiv Shukla.

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