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Thursday, May 13, 2004

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Anil Ambani meets Sonia

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MAY 12 . Amid the hectic behind-the-scenes parleys on government formation, the vice-chairman and managing director of the Reliance group, Anil Ambani, met the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, here this evening. He spent close to a quarter-of-an-hour with Ms. Gandhi but refused to divulge details about what transpired. Neither was the Congress forthcoming with details about the meeting. Mr. Ambani's meeting with Ms. Gandhi is significant given his proximity to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, whose Samajwadi Party the Congress is trying to woo in the eventuality of its secular alliance being in a position to form the next government at the Centre.

The Bharatiya Janata Party was quick to react to the development. It expressed surprise that such a meeting had taken place in full public gaze. Though there were speculative reports that Mr. Ambani had held a similar meeting with the BJP leadership earlier in the day, there was no confirmation from either side.

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