Cong downplays British envoy meeting Modi

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 25 2013 | 5:33 AM IST

"The United Kingdom is a sovereign country. Its High Commissioner and officials can meet anybody. Modi is a Constitutional authority as any other Chief Minister," party spokesperson Sandip Dikshit told reporters here.

Britain today ended its decade-long boycott of Gujarat in the wake post-Godhra riots of 2002 with its High Commissioner to India James Bevan meeting Modi and the two discussing opportunities for greater economic cooperation.

  

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First Published: Oct 22 2012 | 8:45 PM IST

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