Amar singh, Jayaprada and 4 MLA expelled from SP

Samajwadi Party(SP) today expelled Amar Singh and MP from Rampur Jayaprada from the party on grounds of indulging in anti-party activities and denting its socialist image. The decision was taken at the SP parliamentary board meeting chaired by party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lucknow on Tuesday, national general secretary and spokesman Mohan Singh told reporters. He said the party also suspended membership of four MLAs - Madan Chauhan, Sandeep Agarwal, Ashok Chandel and Sarvesh Singh - all Amar Singh loyalists. "For over a month some leaders of the party have been continuously giving statements against the SP," Singh said.He said that on 31st January, Lok Sabha member Jaya Prada had held a press conference in which she made "indecent comments" against the SP leadership and spit venom against its policies. "Therefore, the parliamentary board has decided to expel Jaya Prada from the primary membership of the party," he said, adding that she was a "guided missile" of Amar Singh.

Asked about the future of Sanjay Dutt, another party General Secretary who quit his post to express solidarity with Amar Singh, he said the party does not take any cognisance of him. "He was not associated with the party. After campaigning for the party in UP, he voted for the Congress in Maharashtra. As he has already resigned from the party post we do not take any congnisance of him anymore," he said.