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BJP power crazy, says Pranab Mukherjee

Renewed pleas to Sonia to accept party presidency
NEW DELHI. May 24: Several Congress (I) leaders Including half a dozen former pradesh Congress (I) Presidents yesterday urged Mrs Sonia Gandhi to accept the presidentship of the Congress (I) "at this critical juncture." reports PTI.
In a joint statement here, they said the Congress (1) Working Committee's decision to nominate Mrs Sonia Gandhi to succeed Rajiv Gandhi reflected the wishes and aspirations of all Congressmen.
Stating that the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi was the culmination of a long campaign of the divisive, communal and reactionary forces, they appealed to the people to remain united to preserve the country's unity and Integrity.
The signatories to the statement included: Tariq Anwar (Bihar). Dlgvijay Singh (MP). Ashok Gehlot
(Rajasthan). Ahmad Patel (Gujarat), all former PCC chiefs and Vilas Muttcmvar and Akbar Ahmad Dumpy.
Selection of the party president was an internal affair of the party and we refuse to entertain any gratuitous comment from rivals the Congrcss-I said yesterday.
Criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party for Its comments on the party's decision to make Mrs Sonia Gandhi the president of the party. Congress (I) spokesman Pranab Mukheijec asked. The BJP is so power crazy that it cannot put a halt to its relentless political activity while the nation mourned the death of a former prime minister.
The attitude of the BJP even at this Juncture confirmed that BJP would use religion or any other issue to advance its political Interest. Mukherjee said.
AFP adds: New Delhi police warned Thursday they would arrest those spreading rumours that ministers and politicians were being attacked or detained in the aftershock of the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
"Anyone found spreading rumours will be arrested without warrant." the police said in a bulletin Thursday as wild rumours of detentions, lynchings and attacks circulated through the capital.
State-run Doordarshan television station, which reaches 100 million Indian viewers, repeated denials that present or former ministers and politicians had been arrested or died in the wake of Gandhi's death.
"All these are sinister attempts at disinformation and people should not be provoked. The reports are un true." Doordarshan said quot-
ing a government spokesman as telephone in news offices rang non-stop with enquiries.
reporters and issued the warning that it would not hesitate to arrest troublemakers and deal sternly with them.
The hundreds that called newspapers offices Thursday asked for confirmation of rumours that several ministers belonging to the previous government of Vishwanath Pratap Singh had been taken Into custody or attacked in a violent backlash.
Angry mourners attacked the Delhi official home of VP Singh's ministerial colleague. Ram Bl las Paswan. Wednesday but no other major incident has been confirmed by police.
VP Singh quit Gandhi's government In 1987 accusing him of corruption and beat him in the last elections in 1989.