Click to play videoNew Delhi: Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, who is facing prosecution for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, on Tuesday said that he won't be able to travel to Singapore in absence of his doctor.
A Delhi court recently allowed Amar Singh to go abroad for treatment of his kidney ailment.
"Court has granted me permission to travel abroad. But I can't travel to Singapore in the absence of my doctor. I will travel to Singapore on November 15 or 16," Singh said.
"I am still suffering from chest infection and not able to meet people. I am not travelling abroad for leisure," he said.
However, he said that he will meet his supporters in Sarnath on November 14.
Taking on the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister for her comments on the division of UP into smaller states, he said, "Everyone knows that Mayawati has the majority in UP. I will remind Mayawati in Sarnath that we shouldn't do politics of division of UP but to bring it together. We don't need letter from the PM. We need a proposal for Uttranchal."
Mayawati should tell us that has UP spent more on parks or on development? he asked.
Singh also claimed that he has 'full information' about the episode but refused to comment as case is sub-judice.
"I have full information about the case. But I will not comment as the matter is sub-judice," Singh said addressing a press conference here.
Singh, who was undergoing treatment under judicial custody at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on October 24 on 'humanitarian grounds' in view of his medical condition.
The former Samajwadi Party leader said he has full faith in judiciary and would not comment on the scam although a section in SP was trying to 'defame' him.
He said he would go to Singapore either on November 15 or 16 for further treatment of his kidney ailment.
"I have delayed my visit to Singapore as my doctor has gone to the US. Now I have planned to go to Singapore either on November 15 or 16. I will apprise the court about my travel plan," he said.
A Delhi court on November one had allowed him to go to Singapore from November 8 to November 30, stipulating that he would have to furnish a surety bond of Rs 5 lakh before going abroad.
Singh had moved the court last month for its permission to go abroad. The high court, while granting bail to Singh, had said that he would not leave the country without prior permission of the lower court. He was arrested in the cash-for-vote case on September 6.
During the press conference, Singh demanded creation of a Poorvanchal state curved out of Uttar Pradesh and asked Chief Minister Mayawati to bring a proposal in this regard in the winter session of state Assembly.
(With additional inputs from PTI)
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