Not wasting time,SP to fill up posts vacated by Amar

The Samajwadi Party appears all set to shut the doors on Amar Singh by filling up the positions that fell vacant after his resignation early this month....

The Samajwadi Party appears all set to shut the doors on Amar Singh by filling up the positions that fell vacant after his resignation early this month. SP sources said the party was likely to fill up very soon the posts of general secretary and spokesperson. The party will also announce the name of its vice-president and leader in the Rajya Sabha both of which fell vacant after the death of Janeshwar Mishra.

Though a final decision is likely to be taken by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in consultation with partys state president Akhilesh Yadav,insiders say these positions are likely to be filled in by SP chiefs old socialist associates. However,sources said,Ram Gopal Yadav,who raised the red flag against Amar Singh,is unlikely to be upgraded as he already holds the post of general secretary and is also the member of the SP Parliamentary Board. But SP leadership may upgrade the

profile of Amar Singhs detractors in the party,including Mohan Singh,Brijbhushan Tiwari,Ramjilal Suman,either at the state-level or at the national level,by entrusting them with higher responsibilities.

However,sources maintained that party is likely to go slow on Amar Singhs current position as the chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare from its quota.

Sources added that SP leadership is contemplating restructuring the party machinery to give representation to a wider social group to cast itself away from the increasing perception of being a party of the Yadav community a propaganda thats building up with Amar Singh referring to it in his outbursts.

Masses upset with govt,dynasty politics

New Delhi: Amar Singh on Tuesday took potshots at his party and Mayawati-led BSP government in UP,saying people are disappointed with the state government and with parties indulging in dynasty politics. Without either naming SP leadership or BSP,Singh wrote in his blog that in his meetings with backward caste communities in Varanasi and Gorakhpur,ordinary people turned up in large numbers not due to any achievement of mine,but because they are disappointed with the state government and parties which indulge in dynasty politics and dictatorial policies. He said certain SP MLAs have been blaming him for bringing Kalyan Singh close to Mulayam. Though I have said that I had no role in that development,nowadays since even the judge and the witnesses have turned against me,instead of conspiring,kindly paste this allegation also on me8230; Even as heavy fog prevails outside,the mist within me has cleared,as my resignation has been accepted, Singh wrote.