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Rediff
Kurra Bewarse
Username: Rediff
Post Number: 197
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 128.163.62.173
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 7:15 am: |    |
http://in.rediff.com/election/2004/may/19onkar.htm
Kalam did not raise citizenship issue |
Pakodi
Kurra Bewarse
Username: Pakodi
Post Number: 194
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 24.226.14.67
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 7:54 pm: | |
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Tirupati
Vooriki Bewarse
Username: Tirupati
Post Number: 1173
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 213.140.6.125
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 5:31 pm: | |
http://www.eenadu.net/story.asp?qry1=2&reccount=15
shedding my tears...for the greatest leader
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Peacebrain
Pilla Bewarse
Username: Peacebrain
Post Number: 8
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 192.127.94.7
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 5:25 pm: | |
I appreciate Sonia efforts too on timely act of taking the right decision without any controversary.
These bunch fools (so called leaders who support her leadership) should have a sense or atleast common sense. Even after Stock Market crash these fools support her. |
Peacebrain
Pilla Bewarse
Username: Peacebrain
Post Number: 7
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 192.127.94.7
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 5:21 pm: | |
Did Kalam’s poser have Sonia back off? - DC News
New Delhi, May 18: Speculation is rife about why Congress president Sonia Gandhi is reluctant to become Prime Minister of India. One source reported that Sonia changed her mind because the President may have raised objections to her rights as a naturalised citizen during their meeting at noon on Tuesday. After being elected the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party, Sonia first expressed her reluctance on Monday night. She then relented and everybody thought the matter was settled. But the situation changed dramatically after she met President A P J Abdul Kalam at noon on Tuesday. Her sudden change of mind strengthened speculation that all did not go well in that meeting. The President is said to have informed her that according to Section 5 of the Citizenship Act of 1955, she has no right to assume the office of the Prime Minister of India and that he was seeking the advice of the Supreme Court on this issue. Section 5 of the Citizenship Act of 1955 says the rights and privileges allowed to foreigners who become citizens by application (not by birth) are conditional upon the rights and privileges granted to Indians in the country of the concerned person’s origin (in this case Italy). The President reportedly told Sonia that he had to ascertain the legal position in this matter as there was no confirmation that all the rights and privileges granted to persons of Italian origin are reciprocated by Italy in the case of Indians who become citizens of that country. Sonia is said to have decided not to take the risk after the President’s briefing. It should also be noted that the President, in his letter on Monday, invited her only to “discuss” assuming the post of Prime Minister, and not to assume office. Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, who met the President earlier, reportedly argued that Sonia was not eligible to become Prime Minister as it contravened the provisions of the Citizenship Act. |
