03-Jul-2008
Story Timeline: 95 days
From correspondents in Delhi, India, 03:00 PM IST The Congress denied Thursday receiving any 'wish-list' from the Samajwadi Party as a quid pro quo to prop up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government if and when the Left withdraws support over the India-US nuclear deal. Congress leaders said they had read about the 'wish-list' in the media but they were not aware of it. '(Congress president) Sonia Gandhi and the core group that includes Manmohan Singh, (Defence Minister) A.K. Antony and (External Affairs Minister) Pranab Mukherjee are among those giving the final touch to the political understanding between the Samajwadi Party and the ruling coalition,' said a cabinet minister who did not want to be identified by name. A media report Thursday said the Samajwadi Party wanted to see the back of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram...
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