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Prez donates Rs 15,000 for cause of old age pensioners

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 4:10 AM IST

A Rashtrapati Bhavan official said the President has also told the delegation that she would take up the matter with the government.

"This is an issue which needs sympathetic consideration," Patil was quoted as saying by Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson Archana Datta.

According to a release by the Parishad, parliamentarians including Supriya Sule, Sanjeev Naik and Vandana Chavan of the Nationalist Congress Party and Sanjay Nirupam of the Congress said they would support the group's demand inside and outside the Parliament.

A number of people are on five-day dharna at Jantar Mantar here since May 7 demanding universal pension.

  

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First Published: May 10 2012 | 9:15 PM IST

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