New Delhi, November 22: The Samajwadi Party today moved a step closer to bringing Azam Khan back into the party fold a year after he was expelled, with party chief Mulyam Singh Yadav saying that he has accepted Khan’s “demands”.
“His return into party is final now…he could be with us within a few hours or a few days,” Mulayam Singh Yadav told reporters here.
He also offered to nominate Khan as Leader of the Opposition in UP legislative assembly.
While Khan’s expulsion from the SP was revoked recently, it is for the first time that the SP chief has openly announced his return into the party fold.
Khan, a founder member of SP, had revolted after the party joined hands with former BJP leader Kalyan Singh and renominated Rampur MP Jayaprada in the Lok Sabha elections last year.
–Agencies