New Delhi, July 17: Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today dubbed as a tactic Mulayam Singh Yadav's apology to Muslims for taking support of former BJP leader Kalyan Singh in Lok Sabha polls and said the minority community will not forgive the SP chief so easily.
I came to know from the newspapers about the tactic adopted by the former wrestler (Mulayam) by apologising to the Muslims...when our wrestler created a political cocktail by shaking hands with the person who demolished the Babri mosque (reference to then UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh), people did not tolerate this, Singh said in his latest blog posting. He said getting rid of the stigma would not be easy to remove for the Samajwadi Party supremo.
Singh claimed that despite Mayawati becoming the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on three occasions with BJPs support and campaigning with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Muslims have supported the BSP.
But they are not ready to forgive the person whom they used to call Mullah Mulayam even though he has committed a single mistake, Singh said adding that hatred runs as deep as love.
He said pro-Kalyan Singh slogans raised by top SP leaders at their Agra convention last year have got etched into the minds of the Muslims. They made him wear a red (SP) cap and appreciated him from stage...only Mulayam Singh Yadav is responsible for getting close to Kalyan Singh, he said.
Interestingly, Amar Singh was accused by several SP leaders of being instrumental in bringing Kalyan close to the party. Amar said if Mulayam was serious about the apology, then it could be termed as a case of better late than never. But if it is a move to garner Muslim votes, then I advise him against doing so.
- PTI