Dharmendra Solanki

Some Lesser Known Facts About Dharmendra Solanki

• Dharmendra Solanki is an Indian politician and Biraha singer; Biraha is an ethnic Bhojpuri folk genre of Ahir communities in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand in India He is a member of the Samajwadi Party.

• Dharmendra Solanki grew up in a family of farmers in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh.

  

• When Dharmendra was 13 years old, his father, Murli Lal, passed away following which he started singing Biraha for the subsistence of his family.

• Dharmendra Solanki started singing Biraha for the Samajwadi Party when Mulayam Singh Yadav invited him to a rally to sing Biraha, where he sang a Biraha titled “Cycle Hamhu Chalaib Akhilesh Ke Papa Delhi Leke Chal Jaib.”

• Following his father’s demise, he quit his studies midway; however, he later completed his graduation after the family’s financial condition became stable.

• Dharmendra Solanki met Akhilesh Yadav for the first time when Solanki was around 23-34 years old.

  

• On 22 March 2021, Akhilesh Yadav appointed Dharmendra Solanki State President of the party’s Cultural Cell.

• Dharmendra Solanki has won many Biraha singing competitions including Birha Mukabla on “Big Ganga” that he won, and for which he received a cheque of Rs. 2 lakh from Akhilesh Yadav.
  

  

  

• Dharmendra Solanki considers late Mulayam Singh Yadav his idol.

  

• Dharmendra Solanki has received two Silver Play buttons for his YouTube channels “Dehati Lahar” and “Solanki Samajwadi” from YouTube for crossing 1 lakh subscribers.

  

• Dharmendra Solanki often uploads new Samajwadi songs on his YouTube channels.