From correspondents in Delhi, India, 10:22 PM IST

The Samajwadi Party has also rediscovered the true worth of the former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet and his words of political wisdom. Amar Singh, who scoffed at Surjeet in the past for bailing the Congress out, now says that the ailing Marxist leader always longed for the Samajwadi Party and the Congress to be friends.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)