Post expulsion,Amar showers praise on Cong

“There is a difference (between the two parties). In the Congress,Rahul Gandhi talks of internal party democracy. The party holds polls,there is a war room to tackle situations and there is a core committee to take decisions,” Amar said.

“It is not where the party president says something and the next day the exact opposite of what he had said happens. This gives out a bad image of party because it affects political credibility of the party,” he added. He,however,hastened to add that he was not “cosying up to the Congress”.

At the same time,the 54-year-old leader made it clear that he was not a child seeking admission in a nursery school when asked whether he would apply for entry into the Congress,which till recently was his favourite punching bag. Singh,a former Congress member,however,made it clear that his “DNA was not anti-Congress”,has many friends in the party and was the “driving force” in the UPA-I and UPA-II governments. “I am a man with many alternatives. I will explore other alternatives… Let me taste water,let me see whether I am a rootless wonder or a wonder with roots,” Singh said.

Replying to a question about the BSP,he said,“There was no question of going to BSP ever.” He,however,suggested that he could meet BSP president Mayawati if there was a need to press the demand for carving out smaller states from Uttar Pradesh. “Such a meeting will,however,not be for seeking political placement in BSP,” Singh said.

‘Full faith in judiciary’
After the UP government ordered police to hire a chartered accountant to probe an alleged fraud case against Amar Singh,an unfazed former SP leader on Wednesday said he had full faith in judiciary. Singh has been accused of allegedly using illegal means to effect amalgamation of a number of companies into some of his own companies.