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SP supports Kalam`s desire to address MPs
New Delhi, Aug 10: Samajwadi Party today strongly supported the reported desire of president A P J Abdul Kalam to address MPs saying he had every right to do so and hailed his decision to visit Gujarat.
"Kalam has every right to talk to those who have elected him," Samajwadi party general secretary and spokesman Amar Singh told reporters here.
Kalam is reported to have expressed the desire to address MPs before independence day to emphasise the need for speedy and all round development of the nation.
The idea was, however, given up in view of the present stand-off between the government and the opposition on the petrol pump allotments.
Welcoming Kalam's decision to visit Gujarat, Singh said
that the choice of riot-torn state as a destination of his
first official visit outside the capital should not be viewed
from a political angle. It should rather be seen from a human
angle, he said.
Asserting that Kalam's visit will yield good result,
Singh said the misgivings in the minds of left parties, which
had opposed his candidature for the highest office, will now
be removed.
Asked if Samajwadi Party has held any seat sharing talks
with Congress for the Gujarat assembly elections, he said "if
there is any offer from that party we will consider it".
He, however, said SP was in a position to take on
Congress in Gujarat but in a bid to keep communal forces out,
it favoured a tie up with that party. He ruled out any such
arrangement with NCP.
Bureau Report