NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday accused CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat and other comrades of destroying the legacy of veteran Marxist H S Surjeet who had polarised the secular forces."The withdrawal of support to the UPA was the biggest step to give boost to the communal forces," said Congress spokesman Manish Tewari.Tewari told reporters that the Left had done was to "betray the legacy of Comrade Surjeet".He recalled that Surjeet was instrumental in bringing together all secular forces in...
Monday, August 25, 2008
Soren told to prove majority by Sept 1
RANCHI: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren has been invited by Governor Syed Sibte Razi to form the government and told to prove his majority by September 1. Earlier, Soren met Governor Razi and presented a letter of support from 42 legislators.The move came after outgoing chief minister Madhu Koda finally softened his stance and expressed support for him.When Soren went to meet the governor, he was accompanied by Koda, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, central minister and...
Sharif pulls out of Pakistan coalition
ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif's PML-N has pulled out of Pakistan's ruling coalition and has decided to sit in the Opposition, said Dawn Channel. This was decided in a meeting of top leaders of former premier Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N. ( Watch )The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has decided on former chief justice Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui as its presidential candidate.The meeting of the PML-N's central working committee, chaired by Sharif, was held in the wake of comments by top party leaders accusing the...
Zardari to be PPP's Prez candidate, coalition crisis deepens
ISLAMABAD: Heeding his party's wishes, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday decided to contest the Sept 6 Presidential election, but the ruling coalition appeared to be heading for a deeper crisis over the issue of reinstatement of judges sacked by former President Pervez Musharraf. "Mr Asif Zardari has accepted to contest the election for the office of president of Pakistan after the party unanimously drafted him to do so," PPP deputy secretary general Raza Rabbani told reporters.Pakistan's...
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