Saturday, August 22, 1998
Cauvery river authority is fraud: Jaya
AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalitha on Friday raked up the Cauvery water issue again, describing the newly-constituted Cauvery River Water Authority, headed by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, ``a very big fraud'' perpetrated on farmers of the Cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu. She, however, declined to comment on the crucial issue of continuance of support to the ruling BJP-led coalition at the Centre.
Sonia sole candidate for PM, says Pilot
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be the natural choice as the prime ministerial candidate if the BJP-led Government falls and Congress stakes claims to form an alternative one, said former Union minister and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member, Rajesh Pilot.
Stop appeasing Jaya: Mamata
Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee has once again renewed her tirade against the BJP leaders whom she described as ``busy appeasing AIADMK leader neglecting the more important national issues.'' Taking a dig at AIADMK leader Jayalalitha, Banerjee said the BJP Government should leave this appeasing business and concentrate on important national issues.
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