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BJP revokes suspension

Neena Vyas

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday revoked the suspension order against its MP from Rajkot in Gujarat, Vallabhai Kathiria.

Party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said here that the suspension order against Mr. Kathiria, four-time MP from Rajkot, was revoked “after he publicly apologised and regretted his earlier action of indiscipline.”

Disciplinary action had been taken against him and another Gujarat MP Somabhai Patel after the Gujarat Assembly election last year. However, no decision had as yet been taken in Mr. Patel’s case, Mr. Rudy added.

Asked whether the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, would vote in the confidence motion to be moved by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on July 21, Mr. Rudy said: “I have no information. Yes, a whip has been issued to all MPs to be present and vote against the government. If Mr. Vajpayee is well, he will come and exercise his vote.”

On Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s statement that a lot of Opposition MPs were in touch with him, Mr. Rudy said: “Mr. Gandhi should stop daydreaming.”

Mr. Rudy denied that Mr. Advani had told the Prime Minister that he had been unable to carry his party along with him in favour of the nuclear deal.

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