Peer-edge for Modi’s ambitions

Wed, 20 February 2013

12:05

Narendra Modi's Delhi dreams just got a "lordly' push.Bhikhu Parekh, a Labour peer with Gujarati roots, said the BJP leader "deserves national projection' and shouldn't be singled out for "black mark' because of the Godhra riots. Read

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