Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and his one time protégé Amar Singh appear to be equally desperate for a rapprochement for which ground is being hurriedly prepared by none other than Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Three days after Akhilesh chose to dilute a blatant case of fraud, corruption and money laundering initiated by the Mayawati government against Amar Singh by transferring it from the economic offences wing to the Kanpur district police where it was registered originally in 2009, the cops have decided to close the file.
"Lack of sufficient evidence" was described as the reason by the Kanur police, which filed the final report in the case on November 2.
Interestingly, the same reason was given by the Union government's directorate of enforcement, which was assigned the investigation by the Allahabad high court.
It was subsequent to the enforcement directorate's decision that the high court allowed the case to be reverted to the UP government.
The haste with which Uttar Pradesh's EOW paved way for closure of the case clearly reflects the desperation for Amar Singh's 'homecoming'.
Insiders are however, of the view that it was Amar Singh, who was going to gain more in the bargain. "Who does not know how Amar Singh was completely down and out once he lost Mulayam Singh Yadav's patronage. His return to the SP would once again accord him a political status for which he was desperate," observed a senior SP leader, requesting anonymity.
"Initially when Mulayam Singhji expelled Amar Singh from the Samajwadi Party he (Amar Singh) had wrong-notions
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