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Jethmalani to take on Vajpayee

Lucknow, April 7
Despite major Uttar Pradesh parties not lending him support, former union minister and senior Supreme Court lawyer Ram Jethmalani said today he would contest the coming Lok Sabha elections against Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as an Independent candidate from Lucknow supported by the Congress and some other parties.

“Besides the Congress, the Left parties, the Rashtriya Janta Dal and the Lok Janshakti Party have also extended their support to me as an Independent candidate,” Mr Jethmalani told reporters here. — PTI