Sengupta not to attend UNPA's inflation meet

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| Reacting to a report in Business Standard on April 9, Sengupta wrote back saying, "I am an independent member of the Rajya Sabha (not nominated, as we wrote this morning), and not a member of any party. But I am a Congressman. I would not join any platform that is against the Congress. I am not attending the meeting." |
| Sengupta, along with former Reserve Bank of India governor Bimal Jalan, was invited to speak at the meeting. "Amar Singh is a good friend of mine. He requested me to speak on inflation at a meeting he was organising. He did not mention that it was a political platform," said Sengupta. |
First Published: Apr 10 2008 | 12:00 AM IST