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| | The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation |
 | | Dal (United) rebel Devendra Prasad Yadav dubbed the move “illegal” and said: “The merger is undemocratic and violative of the party constitution.” |
 | | The merger, Devendra Prasad alleged, was aimed at saffronising the Dal (United) which, unlike the Samata, had always stridently opposed the BJP agenda both inside and outside Parliament — “whether it is Ayodhya, Gujarat, disinvestment or farmers’ plight”. |
 | | Dal (United) general secretary K.C. Tyagi, who is a confidant of former party chief Sharad Yadav, said the reunited party was not bothered about Devendra Prasad. |
| www.telegraphindia.com /1031101/asp/nation/story_2524013.asp (558 words) |
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