Varsity set up by BSP confers D.Litt. on Mulayam Singh

September 30, 2014 11:14 pm | Updated 11:14 pm IST - LUCKNOW:

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik conferring honorary D.Litt to SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav at a convocation function in  Lucknow on Tuesday. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is also seen. PTI Photo(PTI9_30_2014_000252B)

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik conferring honorary D.Litt to SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav at a convocation function in Lucknow on Tuesday. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is also seen. PTI Photo(PTI9_30_2014_000252B)

Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh was conferred with D.Litt. (honoris causa) by the Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University at its first convocation here on Tuesday.

Governor Ram Naik conferred the honorary doctorate on Mr. Singh. Significantly, Mr. Singh was awarded the doctorate by a university which was set up when Mayawati was the Chief Minister and is named after Bahujan Samaj Party MP, Satish Chandra Misra’s mother.

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