Lucknow:
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav revoked the expulsion of senior leader Azam Khan, who was expelled from the party after Lok Sabha polls last year.
"SP National General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav has written a letter to Khan informing him about Mulayam Yadav's decision to revoke his suspension," party sources said.
"I am extremely happy to inform you that SP national president Mulayam Singh Yadav has revoked your expulsion from the party," Ram Gopal said in the letter.
"You are requested to continue to serve the party like before," he said.
Azam Khan, formerly a general secretary of the party, was considered a close aide of the SP leader since his early days in politics.
Azam Khan, who was a prominent Muslim face of the party, was expelled after he vented his grievances against the leadership for Amar Singh's rising importance and the party's growing proximity with former Hindutva icon Kalyan Singh
"We hope that support of a big leader like you will strengthen the party," Ram Gopal said in his letter.
However, Khan said he is yet to receive a letter. He said that any decision on going back to the SP would be taken by a subcommittee of Mashwarati council, an organisation floated by him.
Khan was expelled from the party last year after Lok Sabha elections for a period of six years.
Considered to be a firebrand leader of the party, Khan was at loggerheads with party colleague and another expelled leader Amar Singh over giving a ticket to actress Jaya Prada from Rampur and the party's alliance with Kalyan Singh.
Ram Gopal had issued notices to two MLAs - Shahid Manzoor and Iqbal Mahmood -who had made remarks against Khan in the party's legislature meeting.
The two had been given a week's time to give their clarification failing which disciplinary action would be taken against them.