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George for troop pullout from Gujarat Ahmedabad, April 19 As Mr Fernandes, here on a four-day visit to review the continuance of the Army’s presence in the state, walked across a surcharged relief camp in the labour-dominated Bapunagar locality of the city, an agitated crowd of 4,000 persons rendered homeless by the violence conveyed to him their strong opposition to any move to withdraw the Army from the violence-hit areas of the city. PTI
Oppn delegation may visit Gujarat New Delhi, April 19 According to indications available here, the Opposition’s strategy seems to be to continue the deadlock in Parliament over the Gujarat issue till the return of its delegation from Gujarat. Congress President and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Mrs Sonia Gandhi is tipped to head the delegation, well-placed sources said today. The delegation’s Gujarat visit, seen from the Opposition’s point of view, is aimed at gaining political mileage at the expense of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. However, the stated objective of the proposed delegation to Gujarat, whenever an announcement about it is made, would be to make an on-the-spot assessment of the Gujarat situation, particularly the prevailing conditions in relief camps. Mrs Sonia Gandhi has already been to Gujarat as part of an all-party delegation last month. Sources said the Gujarat issue provided yet another platform and opportunity to the Opposition in its ongoing efforts to forge unity. If Mrs Gandhi’s recent invitation to Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to attend an Opposition meeting in her chamber in Parliament and his attending the meeting were not enough indicators, then today’s development was definitely a positive indicator. At the meeting called by Deputy Speaker P.M. Sayeed in his chamber to end the ongoing deadlock, Mr Somnath Chatterjee took the lead in speaking on behalf of the Opposition and Mrs Sonia Gandhi readily agreed with whatever Mr Chatterjee said. 
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Directive to Gujarat on exams New Delhi, April 19 Hearing a petition filed by the Lok Adhikar Sangh, a Bench comprising Mr Justice B.N. Kirpal and Mr Justice Arijit Pasayat asked the Gujarat Secondary Education Board to tell the court on April 26 “whether supplementary examinations can be held in two months’ time”. When the board’s counsel tried to explain the difficulty in holding the examinations at a short notice, the Bench said: “Please consider the career of the students. If you do not do it, we are going to direct you to hold supplementary examinations for the students.” However, the Bench allowed time until coming Friday to the board to put forth its stand on holding supplementary examinations. Petitioners, counsel submitted that thousands of boys and girls, staying in relief camps and due to appear for HSC and SSC exams, were severely traumatised, many being witness to the killings of their family members. The petitioner said: “Many students have lost their fee receipts for the examinations and do not know where their centres are or what their seat numbers are. “Those who are in a position to physically attend the examination are not in a mental state to take the examinations properly,” it said.
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