Why amar singh

Singh became the urbane face that a largely rural SP had needed, especially in Delhi. When he was sidelined, celebrity SP leader Jaya Prada stood by him, and was expelled along with him. In , he floated his own Rashtriya Lok Manch and fielded over candidates in the UP polls. None of them won, but despite not being a mass leader, Singh managed to attract crowds to his poll rallies. However, this time, Singh ran foul of the new guard under a recently assertive Akhilesh Yadav.

Later, there were speculations of him joining the BJP. Other political parties should learn a lesson from them samajwadiparty yadavakhilesh INCIndia pic. God bless them all. When the Left pulled out of the Manmohan Singh government over the signing of the civil nuclear deal with the US in , Singh persuaded Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav to see the Congress government through a trust vote. He spent a brief time in judicial custody but was acquitted, with no concrete evidence found.

When Mulayam faced trouble for allegedly billing huge sums to the ministry for trips to home village Saifai as defence minister, it was Singh who sought legal advice from the late Arun Jaitley. The latter advised that Mulayam should make the case that since many ex-servicemen lived in his constituency, he had flown there as part of his duties.

His father was a shopkeeper dealing in locks, and he graduated in law before joining the Youth Congress and moving to Delhi. A leading UP chemical company later hired Singh to serve on its board. Another friend he picked up in Delhi was the late Madhavrao Scindia.

Singh used to boast that he repackaged Mulayam into a national figure. Apart from claiming to have got the superstar back on his feet after a financial debacle, he boasted of introducing Jaya Bachchan to politics through Mulayam.

Early this year, he expressed deep regret on his Facebook account over the bitter split with the star. Eventually, while Jaya remained with the Samajwadi Party and got a Rajya Sabha ticket, Singh was expelled from the party in Incidentally, the Ambanis too blamed Singh for the feud within their family. He is survived by wife Pankaja and twin daughters. Singh had friends in all political parties but he was also known for his controversial political decisions and statements.

Here are some of the controversies involving the late leader:. Amar Singh was allegedly involved in a cash-for-votes scam when the United Progressive Alliance government was facing a trust vote in Parliament. He was chargesheeted for this alleged act of purchasing votes. Amar Singh was allegedly heard fixing deals with top officials across various professions — politicians, businessmen, bureaucrats and members of the Bollywood industry over phone calls, which was 'exposed' by the media in Amar Singh had denied these allegations, saying that it was not his voice in the recordings.

Singh had denied the remark was made to Basu, saying it was from a conversation with a male friend. Amar Singh and actor Amitabh Bachchan were once very close friends and even the politician said that he considered the actor like his elder brother.