Sunday, May 23, 1999
AICC plans more powers for Sonia
Tuesday's AICC session is likely to give Sonia Gandhi sweeping powers to revamp the Congress party power structure including the Congress Working Committee, the chief target of anger in party circles.
Vajpayee terms Cong expulsions as fascist
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has stated that the expulsion of dissident Congress leaders Sharad Pawar, P A Sangma and Tariq Anwar "smacks of fascism and deserves denunciation from all those who hold democracy dear."
Chief Secy meets Bal Thackeray, pleads case
Alarmed by the possibility of his unceremonious removal, State Chief Secretary P Subrahmanyam yesterday called on Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray to plead his case.
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