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Kanshi Ram's First Parliamentary Win: Etawah and Mulayam Singh Yadav's Crucial Role
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News18•04-10-2026, 13:53
Kanshi Ram's First Parliamentary Win: Etawah and Mulayam Singh Yadav's Crucial Role
- •Kanshi Ram first entered the Lok Sabha in the 1991 Etawah by-election, a stronghold of socialist politics.
- •He secured 1,44,290 votes, defeating BJP's Lal Singh Verma by approximately 22,000 votes.
- •During the Etawah election, Mulayam Singh Yadav hosted Kanshi Ram, ensuring his comfort at Anupam Hotel.
- •Kanshi Ram's Etawah victory signaled a new equation between Dalit and backward class politics, leading to the historic 1993 alliance.
- •The SP-BSP alliance coined the slogan 'Mile Mulayam-Kanshi Ram, Hawa Mein Ud Gaye Jai Shri Ram,' but the 1995 Guest House incident ended their partnership.
Key Questions Answered
Kanshi Ram first entered the Lok Sabha by winning the 1991 by-election from the Etawah parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
During the Etawah election, Kanshi Ram stayed in Anupam Hotel where Mulayam Singh Yadav regularly called to check on him and instructed management to ensure he faced no inconvenience.
Their coordination led to the 1993 SP-BSP alliance, which successfully formed a government in Uttar Pradesh with Mulayam Singh Yadav as Chief Minister, though it later ended after the 1995 Guest House incident.
