PM not at CHOGM due to some domestic compulsions: Khurshid
17 Nov 2013 4:19 AM IST
<span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Prime minister Manmohan Singh decided against attending <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">the CHOGM summit as he was pressed by ‘competing sentiments’ in India about outstanding issues with Sri Lanka and domestic compulsions like polls in five states, external affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said.
‘We are now into five elections and important elections, the last round of elections before the general elections some time in the middle of next year. We are also handling some very, very critical economic issues including issues which are far-reaching reform issues, some of which will come before the next session of Parliament that’s now a few weeks away,’ Khurshid said, explaining the reasons for <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Singh’s absence at the summit.
‘We are now into five elections and important elections, the last round of elections before the general elections some time in the middle of next year. We are also handling some very, very critical economic issues including issues which are far-reaching reform issues, some of which will come before the next session of Parliament that’s now a few weeks away,’ Khurshid said, explaining the reasons for <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Singh’s absence at the summit.
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