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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Amar Singh threatens to quit SP over Azam Khan</b>
SP general secretary Amar Singh has threatened to quit the party over his differences with senior party leader Mohd Azam Khan.

"It seems that the party can exist without me, but not without Azam Khan," Singh said while talking to reporters during a seminar on Muslims' issues here on Tuesday. He said Azam Khan had used foul language against him on several occasions. "If the party leadership thinks that Azam Khan is essential for the party, I am willing to leave the party," he said tersely.

"There is a limit to my patience. I have always been asked by the party leadership to exercise restraint and not to retaliate. I may be small fry compared to Azam Khan but<b> I will not tolerate abusive language from anyone," </b>he said.

Trouble between Amar Singh and Mohd Azam Khan, one of the SP's founders and the Muslim face of the party, has been brewing <b>ever since Jaya Prada contested the Lok Sabha election from Rampur in 2004. It was Amar Singh who brought in Jaya Prada as the candidate from Rampur.</b>
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