BJP president Nitin Gadkari has apologized Chief of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, Lalu Prasad Yadav and the Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for his offensive remarks against them. Gadkari had used offensive words against Lalu Prasad and Mulayam Singh Yadav at a public rally in Chandigarh.

Gadkari commented about both leaders at the recent rally, "These leaders were roaring like lions but later bowed like dogs to lick the feet of Sonia and the Congress". This line has created issue all across the country.

Kolkata, Jan 10 : Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said on Sunday that the resignation put down by Amar Singh will not be accepted and the issue will be resolved soon.

"Amar Singh has resigned from the post of general secretary and from the parliamentary board. But our relationship is such that I will not accept his resignation. One can''t sever these ties so easily. This will soon be resolved," he said.

The friction is said to be increasing within the party. Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has also resigned as the general secretary of Samajwadi Party (SP).

The actor-turned-politician resigned a couple of days after Amar Singh, quit from all party posts of the SP.

Kolkata, Jan 10 - Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Sunday said he would not accept the resignation of Amar Singh from party posts and asserted that the problems, including Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's decision to quit as general secretary, would be sorted out.

"It's true that Amar Singh has given his resignation from all party posts. But I will not accept his resignation. Everything will be ok," Mulayam told reporters at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here.

Asked about Sanjay Dutt's announcement of stepping down from his post, he said: "Everything will be sorted out."

Mulayam was in Kolkata to visit the private hospital where Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu is critically ill with pneumonia.

Etawah, Jan. 7 : Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has confirmed differences existing between Amar Singh and Ram Gopal Yadav, the two senior leaders of his party.

The in-fight exiting between the two General Secretaries became public on Wednesday after Amar Singh sent his resignation from all party posts, citing ‘health’ as the reason.

Lucknow, Jan 6 : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said Wednesday that he did not know about the resignation of his close aide Amar Singh as party general secretary, spokesperson and from the parliamentary board.

"It's (resignation) is an internal matter of the party," Mulayam Singh said.

New Delhi, Dec 7 : Terming the Liberhan Commission report as "only a half-truth", Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday said that veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee was also responsible for the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992.

Lucknow, Dec 5 : Shown the door by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and facing a cold reception by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership to his rejoining it after two acrimonious exits, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh Saturday announced he was setting up his own "pro-Hindutva" party.

The two-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister told mediapersons here Saturday that his supporters wanted him to form an independent political outfit with Hindutva as its chief agenda.

New Delhi, December 3 : Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, under fire from some colleagues over his remarks on the Firozabad by-poll, Thursday received full backing from party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who praised his work and emphasised his position in the hierarchy.

"He is a leader who can take action against others," Mulyam Singh said, referring to reports that the party was unhappy over some of his remarks and could take action against him.

He also praised Amar Singh's efforts to popularise the party and his contribution to its growth.

New Delhi, Nov 30 : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday sought to make light of the remarks of party colleague Amar Singh that the party's defeat in the Firozabad Lok Sabha by-election was due to Mulayam Singh's over-confidence.

The Samajwadi Party chief said remarks of Amar Singh, a party general secretary, showed that the party has a democratic set-up.

"There is no other issue in this," Mulayam Singh said, responding to questions about Singh's remarks made in a TV interview.

Bulandshahar (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 27 : Samajwadi Party president on Friday contended that the Supreme Court will decide whether to build temple or a mosque at the disputed site in Ayodhya.

Interacting with the media persons on the sidelines of a public function here Yadav said, “There is no denying fact that a mosque used to exist at the site and only the apex court can decide the matter.”

"The mosque was there and the matter is there in court and let the court decide. If they want, they (Hindus) can build the temple two kilometers away from the mosque site," Yadav added.

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has launched a massive exercise to regain the support of the Muslim community, a section of which has ditched him and turned to the Congress.

It was the unstinted support of this community that had made Yadav a major player in UP politics.

After distancing himself from former BJP leader Kalyan Singh, Yadav has directed presidents of SP’s units to hold meetings in Muslim-dominated areas and demand the reconstruction of the Babri Masjid, a lifting of the ban on SIMI, a judicial probe into the Batla House encounter and the publishing of the Liberhan Commission and Sri Krishna Commission reports.

Lucknow, Nov 14 : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Saturday sought to distance himself from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel Kalyan Singh but did not blame him for the reverses his party suffered in the by-elections in Uttar Pradesh for which he held the Congress responsible.

"Kalyan Singh was never a part of the Samajwadi Party, nor is he one today and let me also tell you that he will never be allowed to join our party," Mulayam Singh said at a press conference here.

Lucknow, Nov 10 : While jolting Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the results Tuesday of bypolls to one Lok Sabha and 11 state assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh have come as a shot in the arm for Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Chief Minister Mayawati.

The Congress may have received a boost by registering a landslide victory on the Firozabad Lok Sabha seat, as also by winning the Lucknow (West) assembly seat, besides emerging as the second biggest party in three constituencies.

Yet, it also lost hold over two seats.

Lucknow, Nov 9 : Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav would lead a demonstration here Nov 15 to protest what he termed as "unfair" State Advised Price (SAP) fixed by the Mayawati government for sugarcane.

"The price fixed by the state was lower than the input cost of the farmer," he said.

Mulayam Singh urged the state government to raise the SAP to Rs. 300 per quintal from the current Rs. 165 and Rs. 170 quintal for the two key varieties of sugarcane.

Lucknow, Nov 9 : Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday was all praise for his party's Maharashtra legislator Abu Asim Azmi for defying Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's diktat of taking the oath in the assembly only in Marathi.

New Delhi, Oct 1 :Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav will on Sunday launch the campaign for his daughter-in-law for the by-election to the Ferozabad Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, where she has been pitted against Bollywood veteran Raj Babbar of the Congress.

"Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) will reach Ferozabad on Oct 4 to start the campaign for the by-poll," Rajya Sabha MP of Samajwadi Party Kamal Akhter told IANS. The poll date is yet to be announced.

New Delhi, July 23 : Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav have said that Union Home Minister P Chindambaram "will be responsible" if they are attacked.

Reacting sharply to reports that the government is planning to curtail security cover for VVIPs, including, former ministers.

New Delhi, June 8 : Supporting the contention of Janata Dal (U) chief Sharad Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday also opposed the Women''s Reservation Bill in its present form.

Yadav said he was not against greater participation of women in politics but it should be done through consensus.

"The Bill is dangerous for the leadership of Lok Sabha. It is a conspiracy. It would finish the leadership," he added.

New Delhi, June 3 : Disappointing many women politicians, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday maintained his party’s opposition towards Women''s Reservation Bill in its "present form".

“The Bill is not acceptable to us in its present form,” Yadav told reporters outside Parliament.

When pressed further to express his opinion, Yadav said, "My opinion is the same today what it was earlier".

Lucknow, June 3 : Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday appointed his son Akhilesh Yadav as the president of the party''s Uttar Pradesh unit.

Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said Kannauj MP Akhilesh replaces Mulayam''s brother Shivpal Singh Yadav.

Thirty six-year-old Akhilesh entered Parliament in 2000. He is the only member of the 15th Lok Sabha, who has been elected from two constituencies (Kannauj and Firozabad). (ANI)