01-09-2006, 10:19 PM
New alliance? Deve Gowda meets Vajpayee
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The 30-minute one-to-one meeting between the two former Prime Ministers assumes significance as Gowda is reportedly upset with the Congress' attitude towards JD-S, sources said.
A faction of the state Congress led by former Chief Minister (and Maharashtra Governor) S M Krishna is reportedly in favour of the party striking an alliance with Gowda's arch rival Siddaramaiah, who had parted ways with the JD-S and floated his own progressive Janata Dal.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The 30-minute one-to-one meeting between the two former Prime Ministers assumes significance as Gowda is reportedly upset with the Congress' attitude towards JD-S, sources said.
A faction of the state Congress led by former Chief Minister (and Maharashtra Governor) S M Krishna is reportedly in favour of the party striking an alliance with Gowda's arch rival Siddaramaiah, who had parted ways with the JD-S and floated his own progressive Janata Dal.
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