New Delhi: Expelled leader Amar Singh on Tuesday
hit back at Samajwadi Party saying that the only deal he tried
to strike with UPA government in 2008 was for "exonerating"
Mulayam Singh Yadav from the disproportionate assets case.
"I did not make any deal but only asked for one favour
from the UPA government and that was exoneration of SP supremo
Mulayam Singh Yadav from the disproportionate assets case," he
said in an interview.
His comments came hours after he and party MP Jaya Prada
were shown the door by the SP in the wake of growing
differences between Singh and Yadav.
Singh was asked to comment over the SP`s charge that he
used the party`s support to the UPA-I government in the wake
of the crisis over the Indo-US nuclear deal issue, to further
his "own interests" and not that of the party.
He said that even after his expulsion, he feels that
Yadav has been "wrongly framed" in the DA case.
Asked if the government exonerated Yadav, he said the
case is still in Supreme Court and the law will take own
course. "You can say I am a bad deal-maker."
At the same time, Singh admitted that he "bulldozed" the
party in supporting the UPA-I after a strong defence of the
deal by the former President A P J Abdul Kalam.
"This is correct that I was the driving force behind
forging an alliance with both the UPA governments."
PTI
