Mulayam offers truce to Azam,asks him to canvass for SP

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav sought to pacify Azam Khan saying he wanted him to start canvassing for the party.

Stepping in to end the intra-party rift,Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav sought to pacify Azam Khan saying he wanted him to start canvassing for the party and stop working against its interests.

Yadav’s move came a day after Amar Singh virtually threatened to quit the party if Yadav does not rein in Khan.

At an election rally in Rampur,Yadav said Khan should stop working against the party’s interests. “Abhi bhi samay hai,samman sahit wapas aayiye,chunav prachar me lag jayiye (There is still time. Come back with dignity and start campaigning for the party).

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The former UP Chief Minister had said on Friday that he was not happy with Khan’s criticism of party colleagues Amar Singh and Jayaprada.

Yadav said he wanted to know from Khan the reason for his grouse against Jayaprada. “If Khan was so keen to oppose the SP nominee,I asked him to oppose me (Mulayam). Otherwise,disclose the reason for his annoyance (towards Jayaprada).

Yadav said he awaited Khan’s return (to canvass for the party) adding,”I will welcome him if he comes here”.

Amar Singh at an election meeting in support of the sitting MP Jayaprada,the cause for Khan’s tussle with the party leadership,had said he would decide over continuing in the party after the end of the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls.

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Khan,who has been carrying on a campaign against the candidature of Jayaprada,has been unrelenting in his attack on Singh.

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