अमर सिंह ने शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा को सपा में आने का न्योता दिया - फरवरी 20, 2009

हिन्दी अनुवाद:

समाजवादी पार्टी (सपा) के महासचिव अमर सिंह ने गुरूवार को इशारों-इशारों में ही भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) के नेता और अभिनेता शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा को समाजवादी पार्टी में आने का न्योता दे दिया।

एक कार्यक्रम में भाग लेने पटना आए अमर सिंह ने कार्यक्रम में मौजूद शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा को ‘ पूरब-पश्चिम ‘ फिल्म का गीत ‘ कोई जब तुम्हारा हृदय तोड़ दे, तड़पता हुआ कोई छोड़ दे ‘ सुना कर इशारों ही इशारों में उन्हें अपनी पार्टी में आने का न्योता दे दिया।

उन्होंने सिन्हा की तारीफ करते हुए कहा कि शत्रुघ्न की छवि हर समय पार्टी से अलग रही है। वे अकेला चलना जानते हैं इस कारण वे कई बार राजनीति में पिछड़े भी। परंतु उन्होंने अपनी छवि या अपने विचार नहीं बदले।

सपा नेता ने कहा कि यहां मंच पर शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा हैं इस कारण वे भाजपा नेता लालकृष्ण आडवाणी की आलोचना नहीं करेंगे। उन्होंने कहा, “अमर सिंह और शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा के विचारों में काफी समानता है। उन्होंने आश्चर्य व्यक्त किया कि सिन्हा जैसा व्यक्ति एक साम्प्रदायिक पार्टी में अब तक कैसे है।”

English Translation:

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and a claimant to the Patna Saheb Lok Sabha constituency, Shatrughan Sinha, after appearing with Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh in Patna on Thursday spent most of his day defending his proximity with the SP leader asking the people not to read too much between the lines and treat it as a non-political event.

Sinha, who earlier announced his Lok Sabha candidacy from Patna Saheb much to the chagrin of the party bigwigs, said he brought the star power, including the famous Hindi film actor and SP candidate from Lucknow Sanjay Dutt, to Patna with the sole intention of promoting a tobacco-free life and to talk about the treatment of cancer patients at the Mahavir Cancer Institute.

"This is not a political show by any means. Besides, Phulwari Sharif is not my constituency. I will be contesting from Patna Saheb constituency on the BJP ticket and that is all I have to say at this time," Sinha said.

Amar Singh, defending Sinha, said that the door to Samajwadi Party was always open for good leaders like Shatrughan Sinha.

"We will welcome Mr. Sinha with open arms in the event he wished to join the SP," Singh said.

The SP leader, however, said that neither Sinha had expressed his interest in joining the SP nor he had extended any invitation to him to quit BJP and come to SP.

Singh also ruled out any political alliance with the BJP in the coming Parliamentary elections saying until the saffron party changed its stands on Common Civil Code, Article 370, and Babri Masjid, there was no question of any tie up with the BJP.

प्रिया दत्त अपने भाई संजय से नाराज़- जनवरी 15, 2009

हिन्दी रूपांतरण:
फिल्म अभिनेता संजय दत्त के समाजवादी पार्टी के टिकट पर चुनाव लड़ने के फैसले पर उनकी बहन प्रिया दत्त के तीखे बयान के बाद आखिरकार सपा महासचिव अमरसिंह ने भी मोर्चा खोल दिया। उन्होंने कहा जब सुनील दत्त जीवित थे तो संजय दत्त ने पार्टी के लिए प्रचार किया था।

गौरतलब है प्रिया ने एक अखबार को दिए साक्षात्कार में कहा है कि अगर उनके पिता आज जीवित होते तो वे संजय के इस फैसले को कतई पसंद नहीं करते। उन्हें अपने भाई के इस फैसले से काफी धक्का लगा है।

सिंह ने यहाँ एक संवाददाता सम्मेलन में कहा कांग्रेस ने संजय को रामपुर से जयाप्रदा के खिलाफ चुनाव लड़ने को कहा था, लेकिन संजय ने यह कहकर इस प्रस्ताव को ठुकरा दिया कि वे फिल्म इंडस्ट्री से जुड़े उम्मीदवार के खिलाफ मैदान में नहीं उतरेंगे।

सपा महासचिव ने यह भी कहा कि सुनील दत्त ने ही उनसे संजय को मिलवाया था। उन्होंने संजय की पत्नी मान्यता के खिलाफ प्रिया के बयानों की आलोचना करते हुए कहा कि अब वे संजय दत्त की पत्नी है और अपने फैसलों के लिए किसी और के लिए जवाब देह नहीं हैं।

उधर, मुंबई में प्रिया से जब उनके वक्तव्य का स्पष्टीकरण माँगा गया तो उन्होंने कहा उनके बयान को तोड़-मरोड़ कर पेश किया गया है। उनका आशय किसी की निजी जिदंगी अथवा फैसलों में हस्तक्षेप करना नहीं था।

English Translation:

Samajawadi Party leader Amar Singh is playing a stellar role in yet another sibling rivalry between actor Sanjay Dutt and his politician sister Priya. Singh weaned away Sanjay Dutt to his party despite his family’s long-standing links with the Congress. Mother Nargis Dutt and father Sunil Dutt were Congress MPs while sister Priya represents the party from Bandra.

According to observers here, the Congress party’s decision to let Priya don Sunil Dutt’s mantle hadn’t gone down with Sanjay Dutt though he remains deeply embroiled in the 1993 blasts case. Amar Singh stepped in to offer Dutt an SP ticket from UP much to the discomfiture of the Dutt family. Only last week, Singh said Sanjay Dutt’s wife Maanyata could be given the SP ticket if the actor was disbarred from contesting due to his being found guilty under the Arms Act.

Priya Dutt vented her anger at her brother when she told a newspaper that the actor was influenced by his wife Maanyata, a starlet with a controversial past. The newspaper also quoted Priya as questioning the legality of Maanyata’s marriage with the actor.

Predictably, Amar Singh who has appointed himself as Sanjay Dutt’s elder brother hit out at Priya Dutt for her interview. Strongly refuting that Dutt’s late father Sunil Dutt would not have been happy at Sanjay joining the SP, Singh said the actor had even campaigned for the party while the elder Dutt was alive. “Sanjay Dutt had campaigned for Jaya Prada from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh even while Sunil Dutt was around,” Singh told reporters in Delhi.

The counterattack from the Sanjay camp seems to have clearly unnerved Priya. “I was shocked to learn that Sanjay Dutt was contesting as a candidate of the Samajwadi Party,” Dutt told reporters in Mumbai today.

Priya, however, said her comments were misinterpreted. “Everyone has a right to take his or her decision. I don’t want to pass judgement on anyone’s life,” she said when asked about her reaction to Sanjay Dutt’s decision to join the SP and his marriage to Manyata.

Priya further added that her parents’ names should not be dragged into any controversy. “I have never brought my family into public life,” Dutt said. “There is no family feud,” she insisted.

The Dutts live together in the suburban building constructed on the site of Sunil Dutt’s old bungalow. Sanjay Dutt himself has refused to comment on the matter.