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Govt woos RLD, names airport after Ajit Singh's father

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Posted online: Thursday , July 17, 2008 at 02:05:03


New Delhi, July 17: In a politically significant decision ahead of July 22 trust vote, the government on named the Lucknow airport after the late Prime Minister Charan Singh, father of Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh.

RLD has three MPs in the Lok Sabha and its support to the UPA is crucial in the confidence vote.

After a meeting of the Union Cabinet, Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters that the decision to name the airport at Amausi as 'Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport' will honour the sentiments of the people and will also be a befitting tribute to the late Prime Minister.

Asked about the timing of the decision ahead of the trust vote, Chidambaram said a request from the Uttar Pradesh government was pending for quite some time and the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the decision.

He said Chaudhary Charan Singh was as eminent freedom fighter and farmers' leader.

When asked by media persons whether the decision will help the UPA government in the floor test, a senior cabinet minister quipped "it will facilitate better take offs and landings".

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ADVANI DOES NOT MIND PLAYING IN THE HANDS OF CHINESE AGENTS IF HE CAN BECOME PM??? by DESH PREMI on 18 Jul 2008

ADVANI IS OPENLY PLAYING IN THE HANDS OF CHINESE AGENTS WITHOUT KNOWING THE CONSEQUENCES FOR INDIA??? HE NEEDS PRIME MINISTERSHIP AT ANY COST??? HE IS GOING TO LOOSE A BIG WAY AND HIS PARTY IS GOING TO THROW HIM OUT OF HIS PRESENT POST BECAUSE LORD RAM WILL NEVER FORGIVE ADVANI,AS HE PLAYED WITH EMOTIONS OF PEOPLE TO BECOME DY PM IN THE PAST////

CHINA HAS TO KILL THIS DEAL--WITHOUT EXPOSURE---THEY NEVER KNEW ADVANI COULD HELP .... THEIR AGENTS by DESH PREMI on 18 Jul 2008

CHINA WAS TRYING TO KILL THIS DEAL THROUGH ITS AGENT KARAT-- BUT HE WAS SHOOED AWAY BY MM SINGH. NOW TO KILL THE DEAL CHINA CAN ORDER KARAT TO GO AND SLEEP EVEN WITH ADVANI. SO HE IS DOING THAT SO THAT THE DEAL CAN BE KILLED AT ANY COST WITHOUT EXPOSING CHINA.

Congress bribed Ajit Singh by Prafulla on 18 Jul 2008

Congress bribed Ajit Singh of RLD, with Lucknow Airport name. The airport was named after Ajit Singh's father Charan Singh. Manmohan Singh is an honest person, and an honest person does this types of harakiri to save his minoroty govt and the promise to Bush. Congress can do anything to stay in power and control the nation. I am sure, Congress will declare Emergency if they loose vote of Confidence. Indira did that when Allahabad Highcourt disqualified her due to fraudulent means, and todays Congress is worst than Indira's time.

Changing times by ram singh on 18 Jul 2008

It is very shameful that Ajit singh forgot so fast that his father (charan singh, former PM of india) govt was pulled down by this Congress in 1977, in less than 6 months of his father formed the govt with the outside support of congress.

wooing RLD by m.k.narayanan on 17 Jul 2008

LONG LIVE MAHATMA GANDHI .WHAT AN EXPLNATION THE LAWYER FINANCE MINSTER HAS GIVEN ,THE LONG PENDINGREQUEST OF UP GOVT MOVED VERY FAST NOW FOR OBVIOUS REASONS .YET THE POWERS BE WANT THE COMMON MAN TO DIGEST BECAUSE THEY WILL .ONLY THE HANDFUL OF KNOWING THESE TRICKS WILL OPPOSE IS IT NOT?

Our Honest Manmohan Singh, the PM by PK on 17 Jul 2008

Our Honest Manmohan Singh, the PM. Now the world and the masses of India sees the honesty of the man, who live by lie, cheating, deceiving and fraudism. MM Singh, you exposed before the whole world. Even Saddam Hussain did something to name places after his name. Mayavati must name it after Dr Ambedkar.

Story of charan Singh by Patriot kumar on 17 Jul 2008

First, non-congress, non-royal-family govt was formed in independent India after emergency, which was headed by Desai and many former congress people. Govt was pulled down by the personal greed of Charan Singh and sanjay Gandhi. This is how Charan singh is remembered by many patriotic indians, which secular congress is trying to glorify in national interest?

airport by Raja on 17 Jul 2008

Good exception.Otherwise all roads, Housing Colonies, Slums, Airports, Universities, Jails, Criminal Gangs, will only have Gandhi name. India will never improve unless we eradicate these names

DIRECT VOTE by people for election of PM and CM as well as NUKE deal by india on 17 Jul 2008

No autocratic ticket distribution for MLA/MPs controlled by the dynasty and cartels who will lie that they are very democractic and not dalal/broker for power that they don't deserve.

Trust Vote by Omp on 17 Jul 2008

I is unfortunate to see BJP is keeping quite, it was same BJP who actually initiated the N deal. If they would have supported all these horse ridding, trading of MLA and now this Air port would have not happend. I bet, once BJP comes to power they would go a head with the same N deal with cosmetic ammendments.

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