Amar Singh retires .. finally.

If you remember, Amar Singh announced his retirement in May with these words :

I want to give more time to my wife and my family. Therefore after the last day of polling (on May 13), I will retire from politics.

I wrote a post bidding cheerful adieu to the great man. Of course, he didn’t retire.

Yesterday, he finally stepped down from the post of Samajwadi Party Gen. Secy. for different reasons :

I have to devote more time towards my responsibilities to my family.

The post of SP Gen. Secy. is never going to be the same. With Amar Singh, the post was often confused as Gen. Sexy. — such was the man’s charisma. Now it will go back to being boring, old Secretary.

In remembrance, I am re-posting my earlier post. Hope you enjoy, Mr. Amar Singh, and go on to live a thousand years .. assuming the Mayans are right.

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Samajwadi Party politician Amar Singh has managed to touch me deeply with his latest disclosure :

I want to give more time to my wife and my family. Therefore after the last day of polling (on May 13), I will retire from politics.

To quote Monica from Friends, this is like the end of an era ! It is like Batman and Robin (Mulayam Singh and Amar Singh) breaking up. With a heavy heart and tears in my eyes (as I cut onions), I present to you some of the most special moments spanning across his illustrious career :

Here he is radiating more attitude than the King Khan himself.

With the queen of SP, Jaya Prada, seen sans Jeetendra and pots for the first time.

Seen with his latest muse, Sanjay Dutt

At Cannes. This snap was believed to be the best morphed snap ever, until revealed that Amar Singh was actually present there.

Seen with Dev Anand, who has been the favourite actor of all the ancestors of Amar Singh

In a snap that epitomizes his relationship with the Bachchan parivar

The only snap in existence where Amar Singh is seen without a celebrity.

and a video which proves that Amar Singh is too big for the stage of politics :

To summarize, let’s just say that Amar Singh, just like the Amar from Andaz Apna Apna, India ke liye kabhi bana hi nahi tha (was never made for India). In a country where politicians are known for being corrupt and immoral, Amar Singh was the only politician with a spotless clean image, except for the controversies, corruption charges and criminal cases.

As the saying goes, they don’t make them like they used to.

Here’s wishing him luck in all his future endeavours. If I may humbly recommend alternate career choices, he could start his own chain of ATM’s (“Amar Singh’s brain counts cash faster than an ATM”) or be the mascot for Hutch giving that ugly dog some rest.

But we shall bid adieu to him like a war hero. In the shortest words possible,

Mr. Singh, whenever we see an unwanted object in a photograph, whenever we see a random guy posing with filmstars, whenever we see cash in these times of credit, we shall be reminded of you.

Goodbye, friend.

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