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Friday, May 30, 2003

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RLD MLAs in M.P.

By Our Staff Correspondent

BHOPAL MAY 29. The Rashtriya Lok Dal MLAs from Uttar Pradesh, who were secretly staying in a hotel here for the past two days after the party leader, Ajit Singh, withdrew Ministers belonging to his party from the Mayawati Government, were today located in a hotel at Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh.

The MLAs, who remained closeted inside Hotel Ranjit Lake View here overlooking the picturesque Upper Lake for two days, left for some "unknown destination" on Wednesday afternoon, according to the hotel staff. Some of these MLAs told newspersons that they were in the city as tourists. However, it was obvious that their game plan was to counter any move aimed at horse-trading.

The RLD MLAs were finally tracked down at hotel Indraprastha in Pachmarhi this afternoon. One of the hotel guests, who introduced himself as an RLD MLA, told this correspondent over telephone that they were comfortable.

The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Digvijay Singh, had told newspersons at the end of the two-day State Congress conclave in Pachmarhi on Wednesday that the RLD MLAs were being hosted neither by his Government nor by the ruling Congress party.

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