Amar Singh accuses Congress of cutting secular votes in UP

BALLIA: Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh on Monday accused the Congress
party of trying to cut through the secular vote bank in Uttar Pradesh, called the party a 'vote-cutter'.

Alleged that the Congress was not a true well wisher of Muslims, Singh said, "In the Congress ruled states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Assam, atrocities against Muslims are on the rise."

He completely ruled out any possibility of a post-poll tie-up with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Addressing two rallies, Amar Singh said, "Samajwadi Party will not enter into any sort of post-poll tie-up with the BJP, as the party had in the past helped in forming the government of BSP on three occasions."

"If L K Advani becomes the Prime Minister, then Mayawati will become the deputy Prime Minister and union home minister, he claimed.

Taking an U-turn on the 'English controversy', Singh said, "The recent statement of Mulayam Singh Yadav as reported in a section of the media of putting a ban on English and computer education (mentioned in our manifesto) is completely false. He has only opposed English being made compulsory in governance."