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Fernandes must quit: Sonia
NEW DELHI, DEC. 11. The Congress president, Ms. Sonia Gandhi today demanded the resignation of the Defence Minister, Mr. George Fernandes in the wake of the CAG report on murky dealings in Army procurement, including caskets for Kargil martyrs.
``I feel astounded by the scam.....that they can do this to martyrs. First it was Tehelka and now another scam has surfaced. This is totally unacceptable to us'', she said at an `iftar' hosted by her at the party headquarters.
She said the deputy leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, Mr. Shivraj Patil had a meeting with the Speaker, Mr. G.M.C. Balayogi, when he demanded the resignation of Mr. Fernandes.
Ms. Gandhi parried a question on whether she would demand the resignation of the Vajpayee government. To a query, she said that she was not aware of Government plans to hold a joint session of Parliament for passage of the controversial POTO. ``We have not been told''.
_ PTI
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