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Day before Counting was spent keeping count of who met who as leaders engaged each other and worked the networks, not just cellular, to get ...

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Day before Counting was spent keeping count of who met who as leaders engaged each other and worked the networks, not just cellular, to get the numbers right:

8226; Busy Sonia Gandhi was on the phone with H D Deve Gowda

8226; Mulayam Singh ran into Cong8217;s Jaipal Reddy at Harkishen Singh Surjeet8217;s residence. Was irritated when someone mentioned bonding with NDA: Hame gaali mat dijiye

8226; Cong8217;s Natwar Singh met SP8217;s Amar Singh while Surjeet sat with Deve Gowda

8226; Never-give-up Chandrashekhar called on V P Singh

8226; Mayawati had time only for the ailing Kanshi Ram

 

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