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Uttaranchal Congress leader postpones fast

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Dhirendra Pratap on Wednesday said he decided to put off his hunger-strike, now that the Centre was planningto bring in a bill to change the name of Uttarnchal to Uttrakhand.

The Uttranchal leader said he met Congress president Sonia Gandhi who asked him not to proceed with the hunger-strike since the Government would bring in the bill soon.

The party had made it a poll promise and with the elections duenext year, it was necessary to change the name.

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