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Crucial Congress Core group meeting has just concluded at the residence of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
The meeting was held in the backdrop of the Railway Board Bribery issue.
The meeting was presided over by Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Apart
from Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the meeting was also attented by
Senior Ministers and party office bearers including defence minister AK
Antony, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shidne, Congress General Secretary
Ahmed Patel.
The
core group meeting was also attended by National Security Advisor, Shiv
Shankar Menon, who briefed the meeting about the emerging situation due
to Chinese incursion in Laddakh region
The
CBI today arrested one more person in connection with the bribery case
allegedly involving the nephew of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.
Samir Sandhir was arrested by the agency today.
He is an associate of Rahul Yadav, one of the middlemen who was arrested yesterday.
With
this the number of persons arrested in the case has risen to eight
including Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla, Railway Board Member Staff
Mahesh Kumar, middlemen Sandip Goyal and Manjunath.
The Railways have suspended Mahesh Kumar, who had allegedly paid a bribe of 90 lakh rupees to Vijay Singla.
Earlier, the Railway minister met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday and conveyed his position.
Pawan Kumar Bansal said, he had no business links with his nephew and denied any wrongdoing.
In
a statement Bansal claimed that he has always observed highest
standards of probity in public life and that nobody can influence his
decisions.
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