Farrukhabad, June 14 -- Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Saturday, paid tribute and visited the family of the founding member of the party, former MP and MLA, Chhote Singh Yadav, who passed away on June 13.

In a post on X, Akhilesh posted photos of meeting Chhote Singh Yadav's family in Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad.

"Today in Farrukhabad, after the demise of the pioneer of the cooperative movement, founder member of the Samajwadi Party, former MP, former MLA Late Chhote Singh Yadav ji, I visited his residence and paid my tributes and met the family members and expressed my condolences," Yadav said.

Chhote Singh was elected to the Lok Sabha three times, in 1980, 1989 and 1991, and also served as an MLA from Chhibramau.

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