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I will contest against Vajpayee: Agnivesh MARCH 23, 2004 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/578110.cms NEW DELHI : Contending that liberal credentials of Atal Bihari Vajpayee had taken a knock after Gujarat riots, Swami Agnivesh on Tuesday said he would contest the coming Lok Sabha elections against the Prime Minister from Lucknow or support a candidate who was capable of defeating him. "My main objective is that Vajpayee should be defeated," he told reporters here. Agnivesh said he was trying to garner support from opposition parties for his candidature. "I recently met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and I have got a positive response," he said adding he was making efforts to contact Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party leaders. "If I feel there is someone who is more likely to defeat Vajpayee, I will withdraw my candidature and even campaign for him or her," he added. Agnivesh said he would reach Lucknow on Wednesday to gauge people's mood. He said he had considered Vajpayee a "liberal," but his "real face" came to light after the Gujarat pogrom as he "did not condemn the violence". Asked about BJP raking up the issue of Gandhi's foreign origin, Agnivesh said "as Leader of the Opposition, she is already a shadow Prime Minister and so there is no difficulty in her becoming the Prime Minister." He said the building of a Ram temple in Ayodhya was not an issue at all in a country plagued by poverty and unemployment. --------------------------------------------- Courtesy:indiistar |
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