Mulayam, Lalu may come together, says Amar Singh

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress' efforts to mollify estranged ally Samajwadi Party (SP) seemed to have worked, with SP general secretary Amar Singh Thursday saying he had 'forgiven' senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh after the latter called him up to apologise. 'Digvijay Singh called up in the afternoon to apologise.

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh said Thursday that that he will never desert party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. 'Main jeevan bhar Mulayam Singh ko nahin choroonga (I will not leave Mulayam Singh in my lifetime),' Amar Singh told reporters here.

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh Thursday said that he will never leave the side of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. 'Main jeevan bhar Mulayam Singh ko nahin choroonga (I will not leave Mulayam Singh in my lifetime),' Amar Singh told reporters here, a day after the five-phase Lok Sabha elections came to a close.

May 10th, 2009 DEHRADUN - Senior Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Sunday denied having played any role in the decision taken over getting close to Bharatiya Janata Party's rebel leader Kalyan Singh. "I want to make this clear that I have nothing to do with the decision taken on Kalyan Singh," Amar Singh said here.

May 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samjawadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday came out in defence of party general secretary Amar Singh by saying that Azam Khan, the Muslim face of the Samajwadi Party, was indulging in acts of indiscipline. Reacting to Azam Khan's comments on Amar Singh being a petty politician, Mulayam Singh said: "Azam Khan has betrayed the party.

May 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The war of words between two general secretaries of the Samajwadi Party went up a notch as Azam Khan Friday alleged that Amar Singh was a threat to his life while party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav threatened disciplinary action against Khan. 'What can you expect from a cheap man who has gone mad due to his money power? I pray to god to show him the right path.

May 8th, 2009 RAMPUR - In the latest episode of the Amar Singh- Azam Khan spat, Amar Singh has given an ultimatum to Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav that he will quit the party after the elections if nothing is done to rein in Khan. Accusing the Muslim leader of making "intolerable utterances" against him, Singh said he would decide over continuing in the party after the polls.

April 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Hours after he publicly threatened to quit the Samajwadi Party owing to his ego clash with senior party leader Azam Khan, Amar Singh took a U-turn, claiming he had been misunderstood. Differences within the Samajwadi Party flared up Tuesday, when general secretary Amar Singh dared party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to choose between him and party leader Azam Khan and said he was prepared to walk out of the organisation.

April 7th, 2009 LUCKNOW - In a surprising move, Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Tuesday dared party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to choose between him and party leader Azam Khan and said he was prepared to walk out of the organisation. Addressing a seminar on 'Indian Muslims and Lok Sabha elections', organised by a lesser known new outfit called the Students Islamic Federation of India (SIFI) at the Sahkarita Bhawan here, Amar Singh suddenly went off tangent and trained his guns on Azam Khan.

April 3rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) will make a formal announcement of their new alliance here today. On March 29, Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh said, "The RJD, the LJP and the SP will sit together in Lucknow to discuss and announce the secular alliance." The three parties on March 26 had separately announced plans to contest the coming general elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar unitedly.

March 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) will make a formal announcement of their new alliance on April 3, Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh said. Talking to the reporters here today, Singh said, "They (RJD, LJP, SP) will sit together in Lucknow on April 3 at 11 am to discuss and announce the secular alliance." The three parties on March 26 had separately announced plans to contest the coming general elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar unitedly.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) have announced plans to contest the coming general elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar unitedly. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh said, "We three are together.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) are likely to come together to campaign for elections in Bihar. Declaring that the three parties were joining forces, Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh said: 'There is a likelihood of (RJD chief) Lalu Prasad and (Samajwadi Party chief) Mulayam Singh Yadav coming together.

February 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Tuesday criticised the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and said its report to the Supreme Court in a disproportionate assets case filed against party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav had '288 mistakes'. He also said the probe agency was acting at the behest of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government.

February 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh Monday lashed out at the Congress, saying if his party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav was charged with corruption 'so could Sonia Gandhi or even Manmohan Singh', signalling further strain in their already troubled alliance talks. Amar Singh said: 'Just because of a court case, does anyone become corrupt? I may also turn around and say that (Congress president) Sonia Gandhi is corrupt, and so is (Prime Minister) Manmohan Singh.' Singh was referring to a case of disproportionate assets pending in the Supreme Court against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members, which is to come up for hearing Tuesday.