Date:26/12/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/26/stories/2003122609751300.htm

National

Annoyance with PM has ended: Kalyan

Lucknow Dec. 25. The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Rashtriya Kranti Party chief, Kalyan Singh, today hinted at his re-entry into the Bharatiya Janata Party but said the process would take some time.

Talking to mediapersons here, he admitted that his relationship with the BJP leaders had improved and said, ``Jo aam teen saal pehle kachcha tha, woh ab pak kar meetha ho gaya hai (the mango which was unripe three years back have now become sweet).''

The former BJP leader, who was expelled in 1999 by the party said all his annoyance with the Prime Minister had ended. ``I had pointed a finger against him in the past but had offered him sweets with five fingers.''

He said the RKP would continue to support the Mulayam Singh Yadav Government. — UNI