vIndianz.com (2 Feb, 2010) — Lucknow: Terming Amar Singh and Jaya Prada as ‘intruders,’ Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday expelled them from the party on grounds of indulging in anti-party activities and denting its socialist image.
The decision was taken at the SP parliamentary board meeting chaired by party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lucknow, national general secretary and spokesman Mohan Singh told mediapersons.
He said the party also suspended membership of four MLAs Madan Chauhan, Sandeep Agarwal, Ashok Chandel and Sarvesh Singh — all Amar Singh loyalists, Press Trust of India reports.
“For over a month some leaders of the party have been continuously giving statements against the SP,” Singh said.
He said that on January 31, Lok Sabha member Jaya Prada had held a press conference in which she made ‘indecent comments’ against the SP leadership and spit venom against its policies.
“She also gave statements in support of Kalyan Singh, which the party thought had dented its secular image. Any leader, howsoever important, he or she cannot be allowed to make public statements against any political party,” he said.
“Therefore, the parliamentary board has decided to expel Jaya Prada from the primary membership of the party,” he said, adding that she was a ‘guided missile’ of Amar Singh.
Singh said Amar Singh attempted to ‘deshape’ the SP. “His entry in the party was capitalist and communal intrusion intended to damage the socialist movement,” he alleged.
He said that to free the party from such forces, the party decided to expel him from the primary membership with a ‘heavy heart.’
The SP spokesman said, “He (Amar) voluntarily floated Lok Manch, which is a parellel organisation to SP and repeatedly attempted to create a rift, engineer a split and dent the image of the party.”
“SP’s policy is that of casteless politics, whereas Amar Singh attempted to promote casteist politics,” he alleged.
Mohan Singh said the party will move a petition before Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman to disqualify them from the two Houses of Parliament on grounds of indulging in anti-party activities.
He said the four MLAs, who were ‘conspiring to engineer a split’ in the party in Uttar Pradesh and had become followers of Amar Singh, have been suspended from the primary membership of the party. “The state unit has been asked to make an inquiry into their conduct and take action against them.”
Regarding Jaya Bachchan, the SP spokesman said that so far she had not done anything which amounted to anti-party activity.
Asked about the future of Sanjay Dutt, another party general secretary who quit his post to express solidarity with Amar Singh, he said the party does not take any cognisance of him.
Alleging that Amar Singh dented the unity of the party, he said, “Before the disease spreads further, the party decided to do a corrective surgery.”
Regarding another Amar Singh loyalist and Maharashtra SP MLA Abu Azmi, the party spokesman said he too had not given any statement against the party.
Regarding Amar Singh’s statement that he knew many secrets of the party, Mohan Singh challenged him that he should first release his CDs on which he had obtained a stay from the Supreme Court.
On Amar Singh’s challenge to Akhilesh Yadav to vacate Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and contest election against him, the party spokesman said the expelled leader had not dared to face voters so far.
Amar Singh on Tuesday struck a defiant note ruling out quitting his Rajya Sabha seat and termed as baseless reports about his cosying up to Congress, NCP and BSP.
“I have earned the (Rajya Sabha) seat and not got this as alms. I will not quit the seat. Even Mulayam Singh Yadav had not asked me to do so when I had spoken to him a few days ago,” Amar told reporters here.
He was answering a specific question whether he will give up his Rajya Sabha seat after his expulsion from the party.
“I express my gratitude towards Mulayam Singh Yadav (for the expulsion). I will not say anything against him. I have great respect for him whether I am with the party or not,” he said.
On why no action was taken by the SP against Jaya Bachchan, Amar Singh said, “Jayaji has recently said that she is on my side given a choice between me and the party. Small fries like Mohan Singh (general secretary) cannot be compared to a person like her.”
Further Reading- Agnivesh to Sonia: Rein in Digvijay – The Hindu
- Yes, I acted like supplier for SP, says Amar – Indian Express
- Got ‘ultimatum’ on phone: Amar – Indian Express
- Amar Singh accuses SP of trying to ‘murder’ Rahul Gandhi – Hindustan Times
- Amar Singh loses it – Times Now.tv
- It’s Hema Malini, as expected – Deccan Herald
- Total garbage… voted against govt: RLD – Indian Express
- Court orders probe against Amar Singh – Hindustan Times
- Allahabad High Court orders ED probe into Amar Singh’s companies – Economic Times
- Bipasha not in Amar tape: Celina – IBNLive.com
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