PRESS COMMUNIQUE

RJD, BSP AND NAGALAND PEOPLE'S FRONT EXTEND SUPPORT TO A CONGRESS-LED UPA GOVERNMENT

19-05-2009 : Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi

Shri Prem Chand Gupta and Shri Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav met the President at 6.45 p.m. and handed over a letter addressed to the President by Shri Lalu Prasad, National President, RJD extending unconditional support to the formation of UPA Government headed by Dr. Manmohan Singh. Later, at 7.10 p.m., Shri Satish Chandra Mishra, General Secretary, BSP, met the President and handed over a letter addressed to the President by Km. Mayawati, National President, BSP extending unconditional support from outside to a Congress-led UPA Government.

A written communication was also received separately from the Nagaland People's Front extending support to a Government at the centre led by the Indian National Congress and its allies.

The release issued at 2010 hrs