Ending a month of uneasy ties, Samajwadi Party sacked Amar Singh and his close associate Jaya Prada for anti-party activities.<br/><br/>The SP Parliamentary Board, chaired by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, met in Lucknow and decided to expel Amar Singh and Jaya Prada, a Lok Sabha MP, to free the party from intruders which wanted to dent its socialist image.<br/><br/>SP spokesman Mohan Singh told reporters that the party will move a petition before Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman seeking their disqualification. Amar Singh, who had a steady rise in politics during his 14-year stint in the party and was its public face, reacted saying the expulsion is a blessing in disguise for him and he will now enjoy freedom.<br/><br/>The party also suspended membership of four MLAs – Madan Chauhan, Sandeep Agarwal, Ashok Chandel and Sarvesh Singh – all Amar Singh loyalists.<br/><br/>On reports of his warming up to Congress, BSP and the NCP, Amar Singh said, he had no discussion with anybody or any party. Reacting to the developments, the Congress today described it as the internal matter.<br/><br/>Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said, the clash between supporters of socialist orientation and overtly capitalist disposition was bound to manifest itself one way or the other.<br/><br/>Another senior Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi, a known critic of Amar Singh, ruled out any possibility of the former SP leader joining the party.
News On AIR | February 3, 2010 10:29 AM
Samajwadi Party expels Amar Singh, Jaya Prada for anti-party activities