Jul 24, 2008
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New Delhi (PTI): Bhartiya Jan Shakti leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharati on Thursday met Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, urging his support to push ahead the Women's Reservation Bill. "She came to meet me on the Women's Reservation Bill and also discussed the UPA government's affidavit on Ram Sethu and its latest stand that Lord Ram had destroyed the Sethu," Singh told reporters here. The SP leader said that Bharati wanted to seek his support on the Sethusamudram issue. "I told her that it is an issue of faith and not a political issue," he said. Singh added that Bharati was upset with the BJP leadership. "I understood her pain as I am also against communal...
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