NCP steers clear of Amar Singh resignation saga

Dubbing Amar Singh's resignation from the Samajwadi Party as internal matter of that party, NCP today refused to be drawn into any controversy over admitting the sulking leader into its fold.

"Samajwadi Party is a friendly party. Both Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav are our friends. We do not want to get into this controversy," NCP spokesman Devi Prasad Tripathi told reporters here.

He was replying to a volley of questions over admitting Amar Singh into the NCP after he quit his posts in the Samajwadi Party last week.
   
"He (Amar Singh) has not given any such indication," Tripathi said when asked whether the SP leader was keen on joining the NCP. "It is an internal matter of the Samajwadi Party and we have no comments to offer," was his refrain.

Tripathi, also an NCP general secretary, said he had a long chat with Amar Singh after the latter quit from his party posts following reported differences with the SP chief's family.