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| | The Public Affairs Magazine- Newsinsight.net |
 | | Since between the prime minister and a minister, anyone would choose to back the first, Arjun Singh retired hurt, but while his proximity to Sonia was not damaged – he is the rare cabinet minister she respects – he simply lost interest in the UPA government. |
 | | His bete noire, Sharad Pawar, who had played dirty in the 1991 prime minister’s race, was a presidential candidate, and Arjun Singh was determined to ruin his happiness, despite a general consensus that because of his oral cancer, he ought to be given his two minutes of fame. |
 | | While Arjun Singh is personally devout, Jayendra Saraswati’s increased veering towards Hindutva, his use of Kanchi-Mutt funds to advance Hinduism, his political interactions to resolve the Ayodhya issue during the NDA all must have entered the calculation not to intervene in his arrest. |
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