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By Hasan Suroor
Mr. Pant, who was here to attend a U.K.-India Round Table, told Indian journalists that during his meetings with British Ministers "nobody spoke to me about it,'' and he was told that they did not leak the British High Commission's report which says that the violence was "pre-planned'' and that the toll much higher than is officially claimed. He said the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, had already "spoken strongly'' on the events and the Government would do its best to rehabilitate the riot victims. The Government, he said, was "concerned'' about what had happened but he did not think it would have any diplomatic repercussions. Asked whether the issue was discussed at the round table, he said it came up in the wider context of civil society and democracy. There was concern that no section of the population should feel alienated, but the issue was not raised in the specific context of Gujarat, he stressed. The three-day round table, attended by academics, social scientists and journalists discussed bilateral relations between India and the U.K. and outlined areas of greater cooperation. Some participants called for opening up the Indian print media to foreign investment. The British Foreign Office Minister, Ben Bradshaw, also addressed the meeting.
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