10-26-2006, 10:08 AM
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New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday night disclosed that Dr Manmohan Singh was her Prime Ministerial choice even in 1999 when she had staked claim to form the new government after the fall of Atal Behari Vajpayee-led coalition.
âI think so,â she told NDTV in an interview when she was asked whether Dr Singh would have been Prime Minister if her attempt to form a government had succeeded in 1999.
Mrs Gandhi said:<span style='color:red'> âYes, in fact, I went first by myself and second time with Dr Singh. Yes, that is true.â </span>She was asked to confirm by the questioner about what he was told by the late President K.R. Narayanan that she had conveyed to him that if Congress were to form the government, Dr Singh would be Prime Minister.
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New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday night disclosed that Dr Manmohan Singh was her Prime Ministerial choice even in 1999 when she had staked claim to form the new government after the fall of Atal Behari Vajpayee-led coalition.
âI think so,â she told NDTV in an interview when she was asked whether Dr Singh would have been Prime Minister if her attempt to form a government had succeeded in 1999.
Mrs Gandhi said:<span style='color:red'> âYes, in fact, I went first by myself and second time with Dr Singh. Yes, that is true.â </span>She was asked to confirm by the questioner about what he was told by the late President K.R. Narayanan that she had conveyed to him that if Congress were to form the government, Dr Singh would be Prime Minister.
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