In an apparent reference to expelled Amar Singh's barb directed at its President Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party on Friday said the leaders who have been shown the door after it came to know of their designs are "traitors and betrayers".
In a statement issued here, SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said those attacking party president are the traitors and betrayers who had been dancing to the tunes of capitalists and communal forces to destroy secularism and were thrown out when the party came to know of their designs.
These people who have destroyed the sanctity of politics by exploiting its loopholes are now out to spread canards, Chaudhary said, adding that it is well known that Mulayam Singh is the only leader after former Prime Minister Chaudhry Charan Singh who has forcefully raised the voice of farmers and minorities from streets to the Parliament.
"There is no need to recall as to how Mulayam Singh had risked his political existence many times to uphold the honour of minorities," Chaudhary said. Samajwadi ideology is against casteism whereas vested interest blames Mulayam Singh for it, Chaudhary said. PTI
