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| | PM, Advani conferred 'Best Parliamentarian Award' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Minister Arjun Singh, leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha L K Advani and leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh were today (Mar 21, 2005) conferred with the 'Best Parliamentarian Awards' for outstanding performances as representatives of the people. |
 | | Presenting the awards, President A P J Abdul Kalam regretted that doubts have been created in public eye over the democratic system recently because of, "arithmetical compulsions of incremental numbers and the alleged tradability of certain legislative seats, won perhaps through means allegedly dubious and undemocratic." |
 | | Parliamentarians need to pursue, beyond party ideologies, the national issues like march towards developed nation, providing safe water, uninterrupted electricity, healthcare and shelter to every citizen of the country, the plans for communication and computer penetration and national security, he said. |
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