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Article: Amar Singh defends Patil ; The Samajwadi Party leader's hand of friendship to the Congress is extending well beyond the trust vote. It was Amar Singh who rushed in where even Congressmen feared to tread.
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- India Today
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- September 29, 2008
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Q. What did the Congress gain out of the Indo-US nuclear deal?A.
Amar Singh.
The Samajwadi Party leader's hand of friendship to the Congress
is extending well beyond the trust vote. At a time when an old ally
Lalu Yadav launched a veiled attack on Home Minister Shivraj Patil,
it was Amar Singh who rushed in where even Congressmen feared to
tread. Advani didn't resign when Parliament was attacked, why are
you singling out Patil? Changing clothes is not a crime, he chided
the media.The defence is not surprising as Singh's party regards
SIMI as a cultural outfit. However, Singh added that he was hurt by
the Congress which engineered the defection of ...