Rampur:
After days of a continuing feud between Samajwadi Party leaders Amar Singh and Azam Khan, Mulayam Singh has finally shown which side he is on. He has now said that he sees Azam Khan's behaviour as anti-party and that he has let down the party.
Mulayam also said that it was on Azam khan's request that Jaya Prada was brought in to contest a Congress candidate, so Azam Khan's attack on her now was unjustified.
Yadav's move came a day after Amar Singh virtually threatened to quit the party if Yadav does not rein in Khan.
At an election rally in Rampur, Yadav said Khan should stop working against the party's interests. "There is still time. Come back with dignity and start campaigning for the party."
The former UP Chief Minister had said on Friday that he was not happy with Khan's criticism of party colleagues Amar Singh and Jayaprada.
Yadav said he wanted to know from Khan the reason for his grouse against Jayaprada. "If Khan was so keen to oppose the SP nominee, I asked him to oppose me (Mulayam). Otherwise, disclose the reason for his annoyance (towards Jayaprada).
Yadav said he awaited Khan's return (to canvass for the party) adding, "I will welcome him if he comes here".
Amar Singh at an election meeting here in support of the sitting MP Jayaprada, the cause for Khan's tussle with the party leadership, had said he would decide over continuing in the party after the end of the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls.
Khan, who has been carrying on a campaign against the candidature of Jayaprada, has been unrelenting in his attack on Singh.