Kalyan's party throws hint to Amar to join its fold

Apparently extending an invitation to former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh to join its fold, the Jankranti Party, floated by former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, today said they had similar views on certain issues.

"Anyone, including Amar Singh, who has faith in our party policies and ideology is welcome to join us," Jankranti Party head Rajvir Singh, son of Kalyan Singh, said.

"Though there have been no talks with Amar Singh lately, we continue to have personal and family relations with him," Rajvir said. "The aim of both Amar Singh and our party is the same."

The Jankranti Party chief said that those who had betrayed his father in the past had all licked the dust, be it the BJP or the SP. In the 2012 assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, he said, "Our party will gain strength and teach the traitors a lesson."

To a question, he said his party had identified the seats it would contest in the state assembly polls. "Though we are a new party, there is no dearth of experience," he said.

The Jankranti Party was floated by former BJP veteran Kalyan Singh, once an icon of the Ayodhya movement, on January 5 this year.