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Rahul meets PM, tells him he didn't intend to embarrass him.

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday to explain his stand on the ordinance on convicted MPs. Sources say Rahul conveyed to the Prime Minister his opposition to the ordinance.

Sources say Rahul told the Prime Minister that he did not intend to embarrass him but at the same time did not offer a clear-cut apology for calling the ordinance 'nonsense'. 

Sources also say the Prime Minister has assured Rahul that the Cabinet will look into issues raised by him on the ordinance. The Cabinet will meet on Wednesday evening to take a final call on whether to recall the ordinance or not.

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Congress allies like the NCP and the RLD are upset with what they call Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's open defiance to a Cabinet decision. NCP leader DP Tripathi said, "In such important decisions, the UPA coordination committee meet should be called.

We have already demanded that. We will go by whatever decision the PM takes in the Cabinet. It is wrong to say that the ordinance was brought to save Lalu Prasad." SP leader Naresh Agarwal has called Rahul Gandhi's 'nonsense' remark a drama.

"This is only a drama. Rahul is not aware of the mood of the people," he said. "The ordinance was brought after an all party meeting where BJP had also agreed to it, it should not be taken back," Agarwal said.

source:ibnlive.com

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