SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s posters in Rampur on Thursday. (Source: PTI) SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s posters in Rampur on Thursday. (Source: PTI)

* 50 Uttar Pradesh ministers in attendance

* 1,200 constables, 27 deputy SPs for security arrangements

* 32 Ambassador cars with red beacons apart from 20 Innovas to ferry the ministers

* 75-ft long cake

* 100 welcome gates

These are some of the numbers that form a part of the arrangements being put in place for the two-day long grand celebration of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav’s 75th birthday in Rampur —- the stronghold of senior UP Minister Azam Khan —- beginning November 21. Mulayam’s birthday falls the day after. The list of invitees also includes Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, apart from several other members of Mulayam’s family.

The huge list of invitees, which also include more than two dozen bureaucrats, has left the officers in the Bareilly range, under which Rampur city falls, in a tizzy.

The city, spread in an area of 84 sqkm, does not have infrastructure in place to accommodate such a large big number of VVIPs —- all its major guesthouses and hotels have been booked —- and arrangements to put up the guests have also been made in adjacent Moradabad and Bareilly city, 60 and 30 kilometres away from Rampur, respectively.

Rampur City Magistrate Ram Singh informed that ministers will be put up at Modi and Opel hotels in Rampur while another 10 hotels have also been booked for other VIP guests. He said the artists will stay at Moradabad while MP, MLAs and chairmen and members of commissions will stay in Bareilly.

“MLAs have been asked to put up at Bareilly on their own as there is no space in Rampur,” said Ram Singh.

He said 32 ambassadors with red beacons have been arranged alongwith 20 Innovas. He said nearly 45 ministers have confirmed their arrival.

Two SP rank officers, 27 deputy SPs and 1,200 constables have been deputed to look after the security arrangement.

Nearly a dozen schools in the city have been asked to declare holiday for two days. Some school buildings have also been taken for accommodating the security forces.

Mulayam will ride a vintage Victorian buggy, imported from London, to Jauhar University where cultural programmes by singer Hansraj Hans and Sabri Brothers are to be held.

The SP supremo will cut a 75-feet long cake at the stroke of the midnight. On November 22, Mulayam will lay the foundation stone of a medical college in the city.

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