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Sharma's faux pas on leadership issue leaves BJP red-faced
In a major faux pas, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice-president K L Sharma yesterday stated that the issue of prime ministership in the party was still open, only to backtrack from his statement just hours later. Sharma had said that the decision to make senior BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee the prime minister, if the party came to power, would be endorsed only after considering the views of its newly-elected Lok Sabha members.
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Advani may have been the target: Gupta
The veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader, Indrajit Gupta while addressing a meet-the-press programme said that the bomb in Coimbatore could very well have been targetted at the BJP president L K Advani's life. He also suspected the handiwork of foreign agents in the blast, however there was not any proof to substiantiate his claim.
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Sonia should come clean on Bofors, says VP
Former prime minister V P Singh has said that Sonia Gandhi should answer all questions including those on Bofors, just like any other leader in public life. Speaking to mediapersons Singh, however, refused to talk about the possibility of post-electoral alliances between the United Front (UF) and the Congress, even though he obliquely suggested that as a secular party, Congress would not be an anathema.
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UF should back Congress to check BJP, says VP
In a significant poll-eve appeal, former PM VP Singh has said that secular parties including the Congress should be supported in constituencies where United Front constituents were not present to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party. He appealed to the people to bring secular forces to power that is capable of defeating the BJP.
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