Amar attacks party leaders on politicising his resignation

Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has attacked senior functionaries including Vice-President Janeshwar Mishra for "politicising" his decision to quit key posts on health grounds.

Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has attacked senior functionaries including Vice-President Janeshwar Mishra for "politicising" his decision to quit key posts on health grounds.

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"My decision to quit the post had no political connotations but leaders like Janeshwar Mishra, Ram Gopal Yadav, Mohan Singh and Brij Bhushan Tiwari have tried to add political colour to it.

"It was my own decision and I have not consulted Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan), my wife (Pankaja), Jaya Bachchan, Jaya Prada or Anil (Ambani)," Singh said in his latest blog entry.

He explained that like Janeshwar Mishra is unable to attend Rajya Sabha, he too is seriously ill to participate in the party's activities.

He wondered why his absence due to ill health is being termed as "nakhre" (tantrums).

In an apparent reference to his relation with Anil Ambani, Singh asked his detractors within the party whether leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Ram Manohar Lohia were not close to industrialist families like Birlas and Bajaj.

Singh also maintained that he respected party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and had not attacked either him or any member of his family anytime.