Amar Singh calls on Shivpal, Mulayam

“I am not Natwar Singh who will write a book. I have a lot of respect for Mulayam and will meet him again whenever he calls me and there is no mediator. I am in politics, but not a political person,” said Amar.

This is the second meeting of Amar and Mulayam in over two weeks. The two shared stage during the inauguration of Janeshwar Mishra Park in Lucknow on August 5 in what was the first meeting between the two after Amar was expelled from SP in February 2010.

Sources in SP claimed that after the party’s rout in the Lok Sabha elections, the possibility of RLD and SP joining hands cannot be ruled out. RLD had lost all eight seats it contested, including the ones where it fielded Amar, Jaya Prada, Ajit Singh and Jayant Choudhary. SP could win only five seats.

If the alliance works out, SP could leave Rajya Sabha seats for Ajit Singh and Amar in November. Jayant could also be accommodated in Akhilesh’s ministry.

On Tuesday, Amar first came to Shivpal’s residence and had breakfast. Thereafter, he went to Mulayam’s residence where he was received by Akhilesh. After a meeting of 45 minutes, he left for his Gomti Nagar residence in Lucknow.

Talking to reporters at his residence, Amar said there was no distance between him and Mulayam: “Hungama hai kyon barpa, chori to nahi ki hai, sirf mulaqat hi to ki hai (why there is so much hullabaloo, I have not committed any theft… I just had a meeting).”

Claiming that his relations with Shivpal were always intact, he said: “I used to have regular meetings with Shivpal and there is nothing new in it.”

Amar parried queries on bete noire Azam Khan who is of late being sidelined in the party.