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Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) described the death of his step-brother Prateek Yadav arsenic "extremely saddening" and said helium was a hardworking and health-conscious idiosyncratic who wanted to physique thing connected his own.
In the aftermath of the death, the erstwhile Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister rushed to the Civil Hospital and aboriginal to the King George's Medical University (KGMU), wherever an autopsy was scheduled.
Prateek, 38, abruptly fell sick and was taken to the Civil Hospital successful the aboriginal hours of the day, but was declared dormant there, sources said.
Speaking concisely to reporters extracurricular KGMU, Akhilesh Yadav said Prateek had been conscious astir his wellness since childhood.
"He was a precise bully young antheral who wanted to execute thing done his ain hard work. Sadly, helium is nary longer among us," helium said.
Asked astir the circumstances surrounding the death, the SP main said the household would travel each ineligible procedures.
"Whatever the instrumentality says and immoderate the household decides, we volition abide by that," helium said. Akhilesh Yadav said helium had met Prateek astir 2 months agone and had past advised him to instrumentality attraction of his wellness and proceed expanding his work.
He said that radical sometimes go profoundly distressed owed to fiscal pressures and concern losses.
Earlier successful the day, Akhilesh Yadav posted a little connection connected X saying, "Shri Prateek Yadav's demise is highly saddening. May Lord assistance bid to the departed soul. Humble tributes!"
The Samajwadi Party main had besides visited Prateek astir 10 days agone astatine Medanta Hospital, wherever helium had reportedly been admitted owed to a wellness issue.
Although hailing from a salient governmental family, Prateek, a fittingness enthusiast, stayed distant from progressive politics.
His wife, Aparna Bisht Yadav, had joined the BJP and is presently vice-chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh State Women Commission.
Prateek was the lad of precocious SP laminitis Mulayam Singh Yadav and his 2nd wife, Sadhna Gupta.
