04-06-2006, 01:41 AM
<b>Sonia resigns as Chairperson of Jallianwala Bagh Trust </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The appointment of Mrs Gandhi then came in for a lot of criticism <b>per the rules the Prime Minister of the country has always been the Chairman/Chairperson of the Trust</b>. According to the rules the Congress President along with the Punjab Governor and Chief Minister are members of the Trust.
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When Mrs Gandhi was appointed Chairperson, the Lok Sabha member from Amritsar was senior Congress leader R L Bhatia who is currently the Governor of Kerala. Mr Bhatia was considered instrumental in appointing Mrs Gandhi as Chairperson in place of the then PM, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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When Mrs Gandhi was appointed Chairperson, the Lok Sabha member from Amritsar was senior Congress leader R L Bhatia who is currently the Governor of Kerala. Mr Bhatia was considered instrumental in appointing Mrs Gandhi as Chairperson in place of the then PM, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->