Amar Singh Resigns

Amar Singh resigns as general secretary of Samajwadi Party citing “health reasons” amid speculation over deepening differences with party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.Singh, who is in Dubai, said that he has resigned as national general secretary, spokesman and member of the Samajwadi Party parliamentary board. He faxed his resignation from all the three posts to Yadav, he said.

“I have resigned from all the three posts with immediate effect and I have faxed my resignation to Mulayam Singh Yadav,” said the 53-year-old high-profile spokesman of the party.

The 53-year-old leader, who was considered the right hand man of Yadav, insisted that there was “no political motive” behind his resignation but appeared bitter about the party.

He said he was resigning “strictly as per the advice of my doctors, who have asked me to take complete rest as I have just undergone a major kidney transplant operation.” After the kidney transplant he underwent in Singapore three months back, he said “my doctors said you are not well and you are living on somebody else’s kidney. Once I came back, there has been no change in my lifestyle and there is no division of labour in the party.”

“I had been giving more priority to Mulayam Singh Yadav and the party. After 20 years, now I should look after my children, wife and their welfare, over and above that of Mulayam Singh and the party,” Singh said.