New Delhi: Differences in the Fourth Front over the relationship between Kalyan Singh and Samajwadi Party deepened on Sunday with LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan on Sunday jumping to the defence of the former BJP leader, a day after he was described as a "convict" in the Babri Masjid demolition case by a clearly unhappy RJD Lalu Prasad.
"Kalyanji will remain with us. He is with (SP chief) Mulayam Singh Yadav. Kalyan Singh has said that two big leaders had given assurance that such things will not happen," Paswan said.
The LJP chief's comments came after Prasad said that Singh was a "convict" in Babri Masjid demolition case and questioned his role as a star campaigner for SP which is contesting Lok Sabha polls in alliance with RJD.
"He (Kalyan) is a convict in the demolition of the Babri Masjid... Is he a member of SP?.. He is not a member of the SP," Prasad said in Patna on Saturday.
Kalyan, who was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh when the Babri Masjid was demolished in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, is an accused in the case. Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Kalyan quit the BJP to join hands with his erstwhile detractor Mulayam Singh Yadav.
On Prasad's attack, Kalyan Singh said "he (Lalu) is referring to the past, he should speak about the present. Muslims have accepted me and I am comfortable with them, this is the fact today".
Meanwhile, Mulayam Yadav said Kalyan has always fought for the welfare of farmers like himself.
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