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August 12, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Resignation row

The Secretary-General of Sri Lanka’s opposition Tamil United Liberation Front A Amirthalingam left for Madras on his way to New Delhi where he is to hold talks with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the problems facing the Tamils in Sri Lanka.

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forty years ago, LS Deputy Speaker Resignation row, Next Bihar CM, Chandrasekhar Singh, Bihar Congress, Jagannath Mishra, TULF-PM meet, Tamil United Liberation Front, return of H W Jayewardene, indian express newsJagannath Mishra is expected to submit his resignation before the party meeting. At one stage it looked like there would be a revolt from pro-Jagannath legislators.
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The resignation tendered by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha could not be ipso facto stayed and withdrawn by a subsequent letter, stated eight opposition parties in a joint letter sent to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Next Bihar CM

The decks were finally cleared for the “unanimous” election of Chandrasekhar Singh, Union Minister of State for Energy, as the leader of the Bihar Congress (I) Legislature Party to succeed Jagannath Mishra as the chief minister. Jagannath is expected to submit his resignation before the party meeting. At one stage it looked like there would be a revolt from pro-Jagannath legislators.

TULF-PM meet

The Secretary-General of Sri Lanka’s opposition Tamil United Liberation Front A Amirthalingam left for Madras on his way to New Delhi where he is to hold talks with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the problems facing the Tamils in Sri Lanka. His departure to India comes close on the heels of the return of H W Jayewardene from New Delhi.

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