ramani@shakti.ernet.in (06/20/91)
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From S.Ramani
National Centre for Software Technology,
Gulmohar Cross Road No 9, Juhu, Bombay 400 049 INDIA
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Narsimha Rao - the new leader:
New Delhi, June 20: the Congress-I president, Mr P
V Narasimha Rao, said he was very happy that a decision had
been taken to choose the Congress-I parliamentary party leader
through consensus.
He was replying to questions by reporters after a lunch
hosted in his honour by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister,
Mr N janardhana reddy, at Andhra Pradesh guest house here today.
Asked how he would tackle problems like Punjab and
kashmir, Mr Narasimha Rao said +the future Prime Minister will
reply to these questions. It will be technically premature to
answer them now+, he added.
The lunch was attended by the newly elected party m.P.S
from the state and senior leaders including prof.N.G.Ranga, dr
channa reddy, Mr k bhramhananda reddy and mr p Shiv shankar.
Newdel:
Meanwhile, senior party leaders, Mr K. Karunakaran and
Mr S.S. Ray, who were asked by the parliamentary board to
assess the views of members of the parliamentary party met
them at the aicc-iheadquarters individually.
According to party mps, the two leaders asked the
members two questions: whether they were for consensus or
Contest and if it was consensus who was their choice.
Later in an informal chat with reporters, former union
Minister S.B. Chavan, who was one of the prominent Maharashtra
leaders who had participated in a campaign a few months back
for the removal of Mr Pawar, expressed satisfaction that the
leadership issue was being resolved unanimously.''Der aaye,
durust aaye'', he said in hindi.
Asked whether the action of Mr Pawar would create bad
blood in the party, he replied in the negative saying that
these things are part of the democratic functioning.
Asked to comment on the withdrawal of Mr Pawar from the
race in favour of Mr Rao, former deputy speaker of the Lok
Sabha, Mr Shivraj Patil, said the development was expected.
''Those who had not expected it had not understood the
psychology of Congress'', he said.
Mr Patil said the procedure adopted by the parliamentary
board to ascertian the views of members on the leadership
issue was as good as ballot.
Senior party leader and a close associate of Mr Pawar,
Mr A.G. Kulkarni, mp, said he was happy that the democratic
process had been reestablished in the party and it would only
help strengthening the organisation.
The Maharashtra pcc-ipresident, Mr Shivajirao Patil
Nilangekar, said he had all along been maintaining that the
party would arrive at a unanimous choice on the issue.
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New Delhi, June 20: The Maharashtra Chief Minister,
Mr sharad pawar, today opted out of the contest for the
leadershp of the Congress-iparty in parliament and pledged
support to Mr.P.V.Narasimha Rao who is set to become the next
PrimeMinister.
The election of Mr.Rao, who heads the Congress-i, as
cpp-ileader this afternoon is now a mere formality.
Mr.Pawar announced his decision to withdraw from the
race even as senior leaders Mr k.Karurnakaran and mr
siddhartha shankar ray were midway through ascertaining the
views of party m.P's on the leadership issue.
Mr.Pawar also had a meeting with mr.Rao before oPTIng
out of the contest.
He said in a statement ''i appeal to all members of the
cpp-ito support Mr Rao and thus arrive at a unanimous
decision (on the choice of the leader)''
News summary 1300hrs jun
New Delhi: (Congi-2nd ld Rao) Maharashtra chief
Minister, Mr sharad pawar, today opted out of the contest for
the leadershp of the Congress-iparty in parliament and
pledged support to Mr.P.V.Narasimha Rao who is set to become
the next PrimeMinister.
The election of Mr.Rao, who heads the Congress-i, as
cpp-ileader this afternoon is now a mere formality. (Del34)
SriNagar: (kashmir) five suspected militants were killed
and a few others were injured in continued clashes between
militants and security forces in kashmir valley since last
night.
Chandigarh: (Punjab) three persons, including a
militant, were killed and over rs 17,000 was looted in Punjab
today, police said here.
Secondary School class X results:
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New Delhi: the results of the secondary school
class x examination, 1991 conducted by the central board of
secondary education (cbse) have been announced today.
Girls perform better than boys in sslc exams
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Madras June 20 : girls have performed better than
boys in the latest sslc examinations in Tamil Nadu.
The results announced today had shown that 64.5 Per cent
of girls, who sat for the examinations held in april last,
came out of succesfful, while 55.8 Per cent of boys got
through the examinations.
In all, 59.4 Per cent of 4,08,229 candidates sent by the
schools in Tamil Nadu had passed the examinations.
Candidates numbering 1,580 passed the examinations
securing more than 90 per cent of aggregate marks. As many as
713 candidates secured centum in mathematics, eleven in
science and three in social sciences.
The mark certificates would be issued to the students
tomorrow, a press release from from the department of
government examinations said.
Washington News:
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Washington: (kashmir-house) the U.S. House of
representatives today unequivocally rejected an amendment by
Indian republican Dan Burton calling for a plebiscite in
kashmir.
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