Lucknow Nov 22 PTI Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday said that the country is witnessing the politics of change and called on the youth to make it successfulHe was addressing SP workers at the party headquarters here during a function to celebrate his 82nd birthdayHe reached the SP headquarters with his son and party president Akhilesh Yadav The two were welcomed by party leaders including Ram Gopal YadavHoardings were put up at Vikramaditya Marg where the party headquarters are located greeting Mulayam Singh on his birthdayParty workers from across Uttar Pradesh gathered at the headquarters The highlight of the celebration was a cake and a laddu weighing 83 kg each marking Mulayam Singhs entry into his 83rd yearThe SP patriarch cut the cake and the laddu with Akhilesh YadavAddressing the gathering Mulayam Singh said the country is witnessing parivartan ki rajneeti politics of change and the youth who are full of enthusiasm should make it successfulUttar Pradesh Assembly elections will be held early next yearToday you are celebrating my birthday but I will be happy if the birthday of even the poorest person is celebrated birthdays of all of you are celebrated You celebrate and invite me I will come Mulayam Singh told the party workersSpeaking at the event Akhilesh Yadav asked his father to give his blessings to all partymenAccording to an SP leader Mulayam Singhs brother and president of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia Shivpal Yadav did not join the celebrations at the SP officeShivpal ji is in Saifai and will be attending a dangal wrestling championship that he organises every year on netajis Mulayam Singh birthday the party leader saidUttar Pradesh SP president Naresh Uttam said that the party is celebrating Mulayam Singhs birthday across the state by distributing fruits food and clothesAAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and Congress leader Pramod Tiwari reached Mulayam Singhs residence to greet him Rashtriya Lok Dal state president Masood Ahmad and party spokesperson Anil Dubey reached the SP office and greeted himBorn on November 22 1939 in Saifai village of Uttar Pradeshs Etawah district Mulayam Singh was a teacher before he was elected to the state Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1967He has been the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh thrice -- 1989-1991 1993-1995 and 2003-2007 He also served as the defence minister in the United Front government from 1996 to 1998 PTI ABN DIV DIV