CHENNAI: The deadlock over seat-sharing among allies in the AIADMK camp has apparently assumed crisis proportions with discontented alliancepartners - MDMK and CPM - reportedly thinking of “exploring other options” if party chief J Jayalalithaa does not concede their demands.As several rounds of discussions failed, the ball is now in Jayalalithaa’s court. The CPM, which was offered three seats, has been insisting on Tirupur, while the MDMK, an AIADMK ally since 2006, wants at least five seats against...
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Mulayam says he is not in the run for the PM's post
GORAKHPUR (UP): Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has said he is not in the race for prime minister'spost, but his aim is to form a"secular" government at the Centre.He said for this reason only his party had supported the Congress on nuclear deal issue."The post of the prime minister or a union minister is not important for me than forming a secular governmentat the Centre. I am not in the race for the Prime Minister's post," Yadav said.Addressing public meetings in Majhgawan (Bansgaon...
PM says Pakistan epicentre of world terrorism
LONDON: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described Pakistan as the "epicentre of terrorism in the world" and said it had failed to take effectiveaction against militants, in an interview published Wednesday.Speaking to the Financial Times, Singh said Islamabad was either "unable" or "unwilling" to control Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which New Delhi accuses of staging the November attacks on Mumbai that killed 165 people."The proof of the pudding is in the eating," he said.Singh...
'02 riot-hit Muslim ex-cop joins BJP
AHMEDABAD: Retired IPS officer Abdullah Ibrahim Saiyad, who was attacked by a mob during the 2002 Gujarat riots, has sprung a surprise by joining Abdullah Ibrahim the BJP, in another indication of the image make-over that Chief Minister Narendra Modi is striving for ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.He told TOI on Tuesday that he joined the BJP because of Modi. “Modi belongs to the same district as I, and he is one person who does what he says,” says Saiyad, who is from Ganwada village in Mehsana...
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