UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today expressed the Congress' readiness to face elections while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought to play down speculation that the country was headed for mid-term polls
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"Not at all. If there are elections you face it," Gandhi told journalists when asked whether she was concerned about the prospects of mid-term elections.
Sonia faced a volley of questions from reporters at an 'Iftar' party hosted by the Prime Minister, but politely declined to respond. "This is PM's Iftar party. I will speak to you on some other occasion," was her cryptic reply.
The Prime Minister was asked whether he felt snap polls are inevitable. "Nothing is inevitable," he responded. To a question whether the Left parties would pull the rug, Singh remarked, "I am not an astrologer
CourtesyIBNLive
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
Cogress is ready for mid-term election
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