Daily wage labourer Mithai Lal, 45, and his wife Chandrasena, 42, named their seven children after the political leaders believing it would bring good fortune to the family.
Here, Jayalalithaa takes Bal Thackeray in her lap when he sobs, Manmohan Singh is fond of riding on Mulayam Singh’s shoulders, while Kalyan Singh and Rajnath Singh have no differences and love playing cricket with Giani Zail Singh. The next one to join them could well be Mayawati.
Daily wage labourer Mithai Lal, 45, and his wife Chandrasena, 42, named their seven children after the political leaders believing it would bring good fortune to the family.
The couple expects one more child later this year and hopes it will be a girl, so that they can name her after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati.
The family lives in Jalalpur in Ambedkar Nagar district, some 180 km from Lucknow.
“As I firmly believe names can change one’s destiny, I named my six sons and one daughter after popular politicians of the country,” Mithai Lal said. “I have full faith that names would guide my children’s future and one day, they’ll become as popular as the politicians,” he said.
Their eldest son, Mulayam Singh, is 18 while the youngest, Bal Thackeray, is five months old. The others sons — Kalyan Singh, Giani Zail Singh, Rajnath Singh and Manmohan Singh — are 16, 15, 13 and five, respectively. Jayalalithaa, the couple’s only daughter, is eight years old. The eighth child is expected in a few months and the couple hopes it is a girl.
“Despite coming from a Dalit community, Behenji (Mayawati) emerged as one of the most powerful politicians of the country. We, too, belong to the Dalit community and want a daughter who could make her parents proud, just like Mayawati,” said Chandrasena, who came to know she is pregnant again a few days ago.
Like their parents, the children, too, believe they will become big one day. “It may come late to us, but I believe all of us will attain popularity similar to that of the politicians,” says Mulayam, who works as a private tutor in his free time to augment family income. While it remains to be seen if the children live up to their names, Jalalpur is already famous as the town where the “politicians’ family” lives.
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