Date:14/03/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/03/14/stories/2003031409071200.htm

National

PM not going to SA

New Delhi March 13. The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, will not go to South Africa to cheer the Indian cricket team if they play in the World Cup final on March 23, the Minister of State for External Affairs, Digvijay Singh, said today.

"The Prime Minister will be with us," Mr. Singh, who is also the president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), told PTI.