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Article: Sukbhir dy CM, BJP upset.
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- Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India)
- Article date:
- January 16, 2009
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Byline: Manish Tiwari
Jan. 16--CHANDIGARH -- Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday confirmed the Shiromani Akali Dal Core Committee's decision to have its party chief and MP Sukhbir Singh Badal installed as the state's deputy chief minister. The confirmation found coalition partner BJP sending a four-member delegation to Delhi to seek the advice of senior leaders L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh. The BJP has been demanding the deputy CM's post for one of its own leaders. "We are taking stock of the situation and rushing to Delhi to apprise the party high command of the developments," said a BJP minister on condition of anonymity.
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