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Sonia wishes Varun success

By Prafulla Das

BERHAMPUR, FEB. 16. The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, today wished her nephew, Feroze Varun Gandhi, all success in his new-found career in politics.

"My nephew Feroze Varun Gandhi is embarking on a political career, and I wish him all success," Ms. Gandhi said while talking to presspersons at an Inspection Bungalow on the outskirts of this southern Orissa town this evening.

Asked to comment on Mr. Varun Gandhi's statement on her foreign origin issue, Ms. Gandhi said: "It's a free democratic country and everyone is free to say anything."

Ms. Gandhi is on a two-day visit of the State as part of her `jansampark yatra.'

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