Mohan Singh replaces Amar Singh as Samajwadi Party general secretary

Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohan Singh was today appointed general secretary and spokesman in place of Amar Singh, who had recently quit all party posts over differences with relatives of SP supremo, Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Mohan Singh was also made member of the party's Parliamentary
board, a post held by Amar Singh.
   
Announcing the decision, SP general secretary Ramgopal Yadav told reporters that Vishambhar Prasad Nishad and Ramasare Kushwaha will also hold the post of general secretary.

Both Nishad and Kushwaha have come in place of Amar Singh and Sanjay Dutt, who too had earlier this month resigned from the post of general secretary.

Yadav also appointed senior party leader and Rajya Sabha member Brijbhushan Tiwari as SP's national vice-president.
Tiwari has been given the post after it fell vacant with the passing away of Janeshwar Mishra last week.

SP has also included its Kerala unit leader Joe Antony in the party's Parliamentary board.

When Ramgopal Yadav was reminded that it was Amar Singh's birthday today, he said, "I wish him happy birthday". Yadav
was involved in a bitter war of words with Singh recently.