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Kalam, PM discuss Iraq, Ayodhya

New Delhi, March 31
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam had a one-to-one meeting with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today.

The Supreme Court decision on the Ayodhya issue and the Iraq war were understood to have been discussed at the meeting.

Rashtrapati Bhavan sources said the meeting was for a short duration. It was not a scheduled meeting but took place immediately after Communal Harmony awards were presented by the President.

The Prime Minister, along with Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, had gone to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to attend the awards distribution function. UNI

President A. P. J. Abdul. Kalam (third from right), Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (left) and Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani (right) with the recipients of Kabir Puraskar and Communal Harmony Awards pose for a photograph at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Monday. — PTI photo