11-07-2005, 08:55 PM
Natwar removed as Foreign Minister
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Prime Minister has kept the portfolio with himself and said that it would return to Natwar as soon as he is cleared off all charges.
With deliberations in crisis mode within the government and among the UPA coalition on the dangers of retaining Natwar Singh, PM Manmohan Singh finally took the step to brush aside the oil taint that was tarnishing his image as the country's most honest and principled premier. <!--emo&
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Prime Minister has kept the portfolio with himself and said that it would return to Natwar as soon as he is cleared off all charges.
With deliberations in crisis mode within the government and among the UPA coalition on the dangers of retaining Natwar Singh, PM Manmohan Singh finally took the step to brush aside the oil taint that was tarnishing his image as the country's most honest and principled premier. <!--emo&
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