Amar Singh Blasts Jaya Bachchan, Takes a Dig at Her and Says He Misses Her Too

Amar Singh and Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan are at War. Amar Singh hits out at her. So what is the Problem Between Jaya and Amar and what are they fighting for. Is the friendship over or is it just a misunderstanding?

Jaya Bhaduri (L2) and Amithab Bachchan (L3) with Amar Singh (R) in Happier Times

Amar Singh has ticked off former Samajwadi Party colleague and actor Jaya Bachchan over her remarks on his leaving the political outfit.

Jaya, the wife of Amar Singh’s ‘family friend’ and ‘brother’ superstar Amitabh Bachchan, earlier remarked that Singh “should have suffered a little” and stayed on in the party. His absence was felt, she said.

Expelled Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh, in a rally in New Delhi, has lashed out in response and said that he too felt her absence by his side, having expected her to stand by him. According to a television channel, he has also asked why Amitabh didn’t choose to do the same when he decided to quit the Congress over Bofors allegations 25 years ago.

Amar Singh on Sunday took a dig at actress Jaya Bachchan, saying he too misses her as she did not support him when he was expelled from the party.

"Jaya bhabhi (sister-in-law) said she is in SP and Amar Singh brought her to the party. She said that his politics was my politics. Now, he is not there, I miss him very much," Amar Singh said here.

Jaya Bhadhuri

"Listen, Jayaji, I don't know where you are. I want to tell you that your brother-in-law was insulted. SP general secretary Mohan Singh said that Jaya Bachchan is just a showpiece and all film actors are just actors," he said.

"I want to tell you that Manoj Tiwari and Jaya Prada are with me. So I want to tell you that I am also missing you very much," Singh said, alluding to the fact that the two actors, who were part of the SP, came out in support of him. Both were expelled from the party for supporting Amar Singh.

Amar Singh was apparently hitting out at the actor-turned-politician as she on Friday denied that the SP was divided. But she had said that she "personally misses Amar Singh".

Jaya had also said she would think about whether to join him in any of his future political venture only after her term is over. Her term in the upper house of parliament will come to an end in July.

She defended party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's controversial remarks on the women's reservation bill, saying he wanted a debate on the issue.

The SP chief last week said that the 33 percent reservation in parliament and state assemblies would lead to election of only women from elitist background, "at whom youth would whistle".

Amar Singh, who called superstar Amitabh Bachchan his elder brother and was seen together with the Bachchan family at all events, including family get-togethers and award functions, resigned from all posts of the party citing poor health in January. In his blog and interviews to media, however, he said the party did not treat him well.

He and Jaya Prada were expelled for "anti-party activities" a month later. It was speculated that Jaya Bachchan, whom he addresses as his sister-in-law, would also leave the party, but she did not.

Looks like the Bachchans, already reacting to son Abhishek’s posters being blacked out during the Earth Hour promotions in the Capital, have a new controversy on their hands in the form of a Figt with Amar Singh.
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Sanjay Dutt and Wife Manyata Dutt at Political Rally in Lucknow

Lucknow is where politics has met Bollywood as Sanjay Dutt arrived there on Saturday for his first ever political rally. The shower of rose petals made it a filmy affair.

Actresses-turned-politicians Jayaprada and Jaya Bachchan add to the glamour as Munnabhai MP made his first political journey along with wife Manyata.


And since Sanjay had no clue of what politics means in Lucknow, he fell back to Gandhigiri. He promises to give everyone a jaadu ki jhappi (magical hug).

Dutt said he was going to speak Dil Se (from the heart) and so he spoke about his parents Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt's patriotism..

At the same time, he downplayed the rift within the family caused by his decision to contest on a Samajwadi Party ticket. He didn't mention that what may have prompted him to fight the elections alongside SP was a growing distance between wife Manyata and sister Priya Dutt, but he said that he owed a debt to SP General Secretary Amar Singh for Congress did not stand by him in his hour of crisis.

"After my father died, I thought that such a big party (Congress) was standing by me. But sadly, I was still alone," says he.

Sanjay's Gandhigiri and chemical lochas worked wonders with the audience but it is not easy for a man convicted for possession of a weapon to become the main electoral weapon of a politcal party.

If legal hurdles block his way, Manyata would be Samajwadi Party's replacement choice
and that could cause further rift with Priya.

The crowds in Lucknow were a compliment to Amar Singh's organisational power as he and not SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav has emerged as the face of the Samajwadi Party.

There is talk now of the Congress thinking of going slow on a pre-poll alliance and seat-sharing talks may receive another jolt because of this.

And though Sanjay says that he will not contest if BJP stalwart Atal Behar Vajpayee stands for elections from Lucknow, a point has been made - that though it was Gandhi who helped Munnabhai attain real stardom, his political script is being written by his mentor Amar Singh.