Times of India
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AsiaPac · 2 hrs ago

Congress was wary of CJP but later joined it in hailing victory

Protests end at Jantar MantarNEW DELHI: If the students' protest held the Modi govt hostage for a week, its potency was amplified by the political class that blockaded the Parliament alongside.But the symphony was not perfect from the start as the anti-BJP bloc had two opposing streams. The one led by Congress viewed CJP with suspicion, haunted as it was by the spectre of the Anna Hazare agitation that became the nemesis of the Manmohan govt and was later found to have been orchestrated by RSS. But Left outfits and some regional parties backed CJP as the voice of the youth.When the like-minded parties met an hour before the start of the monsoon session Monday, the NEET protest competed with "Ayodhya donation scam" row as the plank to be espoused.Congress and SP argued that Ayodhya should b
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