Samajwadi Party national president Mulayam Singh Yadav appointed Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh as party’s national general secretary, on Tuesday. The "outsider" Singh's re-induction into the party was opposed by Mulayam's son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. "You have been appointed general secretary of Samajwadi Party. I hope in the coming days you will strengthen the party in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections," Mulayam said in a handwritten letter to Amar.
The brief letter in Hindi signed by Mulayam on his Lok Sabha letter head was sent to media from state SP chief Shivpal Yadav's official e-mail id. Holding Singh responsible for the feud within the SP, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had recently said that “outsiders” have been interfering in party affairs.
Singh, however, denied that Akhilesh’s barb was directed at him, saying that the chief minister was like a son to him and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav his brother. Singh was brought back into the party fold and was elevated to the Rajaya Sabha after spending six years in political wilderness. He had a falling out Mulayam Singh and was expelled from the party. Singh formed his own party and fielded candidates in all constituencies in the 2012 state assembly elections.
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