Minority Affairs minister Azam Khan has resigned from all party posts of the Samajwadi Paty. He is said to have done so to protest the nomination of Amar Singh to the Rajya Sabha by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The Samajwadi Party has however neither confirmed nor denied the report of his resignation from the post of the general secretary and member of the national executive.Khan who was in his home town Rampur on
Wednesday refused to comment on the issue saying 'behuda sawal hai'. Asked about his reaction to Amar Singh being nominated to the RS, Khan said, "Amar Singh is layak nahi ke un par kuch kaha jaye.’’
When asked about t he development, SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said, "I cannot answer hypothetical questions.’’
Ram Gopal and Azam Khan had opposed the candidature of Amar Singh for the Rajya Sabha during the meeting of SP parliamentary board in lucknow on May 17.
Soon after the ticket for Amar Singh was announced by the party, Azam Khan had termed the decision of as 'most unfortunate’.
"Netaji malik hain aur malik ke faisle ko chunauti dena mere adhikar chetra ke bahar hai (Mulayam Singh is the party chief and to challenge his decision is beyond my rights)," Khan had said on May 17, after the candidates for the Rajya Sabha were announced.
Meanwhile after filing the nomination papers, Amar Singh rushed to a government guest house where Ram Gopal Yadav was staying. Both were closeted for nearly an hour. Both leaders refused to share what transpired between them.