We'll convince our Muslim voters of N-deal: Amar

THE LEFT(OVER): Relations with Left not damaged because of N-deal, but am sorry if Karat is hurt, says Amar Singh.

          

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Amar Singh: They are all senior leaders. They are all my elders. I am willing to be the recipient of bouquets from them and I should have the capacity to accept brickbats form them too. In both cases, I am happy.

Karan Thapar: But has the UNPA fallen apart?

Amar Singh: Samajwadi Party and its commitment to secular ethos is intact.

Karan Thapar: But is the UNPA intact?

Amar Singh: I would love to keep the UNPA intact but I don’t know since it has not been communicated to us. We have come to know about it through the press. If this is the view shared by Chandrababu Naidu and Chautalaji, then of course, I accept their decision with humility and grace.

Karan Thapar: Let’s now come to Sonia Gandhi. I want to go back to 2004. You will remember that in July 2004, you gave me an exclusive interview in which you told me in detail how Sonia Gandhi had cheated you when Harkishan Singh Surjeet took you to her house for dinner. I want to remind you – you said you felt discarded, rejected and very shabbily treated. You said, ‘she did not look at me, she did not talk to me. She made me feel unwanted’. You were angry, humiliated and felt badly treated. Have you forgiven and forgotten all of that?

Amar Singh: I don’t know what is the relevance of this question in the present context. I don’t deny having said this in the past but I don’t want to live in the shadow of past all the time. Morning shows the day. So I think today is the morning for tomorrow’s day.

Karan Thapar: In other words, past is over, tomorrow is another day and you want to start afresh.

Amar Singh: I will also say guzara hua zamaana aata nahi dobara, hafiz khuda tumahara (The past doesn’t return. So goodbye to it).

Karan Thapar: People will say that the allies who supported you when you were in trouble – the Left – you’ve deserted. The party that was metaphorically rude to you – you are supporting today. Isn’t that a paradox?

Amar Singh: I don’t understand why everything is viewed materialistically and politically. I am not expecting anything from Soniaji or, for that matter, from Dr Manmohan Singh. There is no deal. We do not want any ministerial berth or favour.