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Natwar bids good bye to Cong, may quit RS

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Posted online: Thursday , February 21, 2008 at 04:47:10
Updated: Thursday , February 21, 2008 at 05:06:24


After over two decades of association with Congress, former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh has bid goodbye to the party and said he would resign from Rajya Sabha from which his disqualification has been sought.

The septuagenarian leader said he has resigned from the primary membership of Congress and a letter to this effect was sent yesterday to party president Sonia Gandhi.

Singh, once a close associate of Gandhi, turned her critic after the Iraqi oil-for-food scam broke out and he was forced to resign from the government in November 2005.

Asked whether he would also quit his seat in the Upper House, Singh, whose Rajya Sabha tenure from his native Rajasthan comes to an end in early April, said "I probably....will leave".

Singh had announced his decision to leave Congress at a BJP rally in Jaipur last week in the presence of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

"You will come to know" was his response when asked about his course of action and whether he would be joining BJP.

"Disqualifying me is not that easy," he said when asked about Congress initiating the process for his disqualification from the Rajya Sabha.

Congress has already expelled his son Jagat Singh, an MLA from Rajasthan, who was also allegedly involved the Iraqi oil-for-food scam.

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You must get lost as you are disgrace politician by DILIP/FRANCE on 21 Feb 2008

This guy once an a**licker of the Big Mama, is now her formidable adversary. It brings into perpective that the Sultan of scam, has no morals,ethics and dignity. He and his mates in the Congress party looted the country for their greed and self gratification. I hope this guy will now get knotted, he is a disgrace and a shameless monster.

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