Former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, who has remained in political hibernation in the last four years, took his first step towards rehabilitation by joining Union minister Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal, or the RLD, today. Mr Singh's close associate, actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada too joined the RLD, scotching all speculation about her plans to make a beeline to the Congress.
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