Phoolan Devi: Akhilesh Yadav pays tribute to former SP MP and bandit Sundari Phoolan, relationship with Mirzapur- Mirzapur. Phoolan Devi (10 August 1963 – 25 July 2001) became an MP from Dasyu Sundari. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav paid tribute to Phoolan Devi by tweeting on Monday. Actually, Phoolan Devi was elected MP twice from Mirzapur-Bhadohi. In the 1980s, Phoolan Devi’s name became more popular than Gabbar Singh of Sholay. Phoolan, who surrendered in 1983, remained in jail till 1994. After this SP fielded her from the Mirzapur-Bhadohi Lok Sabha seat and she won.
Phoolan Devi: Akhilesh Yadav pays tribute to former SP MP and bandit Sundari Phoolan, relationship with Mirzapur
समाजवादी पार्टी की पूर्व सांसद स्व. फूलन देवी जी की पुण्यतिथि पर शत शत नमन एवं विनम्र श्रद्धांजलि। pic.twitter.com/N3LlgZ3dqi
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) July 25, 2022
समाजवादी पार्टी की पूर्व सांसद स्व. फूलन देवी जी की पुण्यतिथि पर शत शत नमन एवं विनम्र श्रद्धांजलि। pic.twitter.com/N3LlgZ3dqi
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) July 25, 2022
A dreaded dacoit of the ravine
Phoolan Devi, who grew up in the inaccessible ghats of Yamuna-Chambal, might never have imagined that her political journey could be decided by Parliament by leaving the gun. When bandit Sundari Phoolan Devi reached Mirzapur to contest elections, her identity was nothing more than a dreaded dacoit of the rugged.
Bandit Queen is released and her real story is revealed
On 26 January 1996, the famous film Bandit Queen based on the biography of Phoolan was released and his real story came to the public. At that time there was no era of social media but people in villages used to watch Bandit Queen movies by putting a VCR on TV.
Created sympathy among the public
After the release of this film, the atrocities with Phoolan also came in front of the people, due to which there was sympathy for him among the public. After this film, Phoolan started ruling the hearts of the people, and even after being an MP, he did many such things which people could not live without being influenced.
BJP candidate Virendra Singh Mast was once again defeated by one lakh votes.
In 1996, when Phoolan Devi became the candidate of the Samajwadi Party from Mirzapur-Bhadohi, the people here showed her the way to Parliament by giving her the gift of victory. In the 1999 elections also, the Samajwadi Party again declared him the candidate. During this, he again defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate Virendra Singh Mast by about one lakh votes.
Today’s discussion on the ease and availability of Phoolan
The discussion of the ease and availability of Phoolan during the parliamentary term is still on the tongue of the people. Describing her, old leaders say that she was very irritable in nature but she also had a human side that was sometimes visible. After becoming an MP, she used to visit and inspect hospitals many times like a common woman.