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Advani cancels meeting with Kejriwal
New Delhi, June 19
Veteran Bharatiya Janata
Party leader Lal Krishna Advani cancelled his meeting with Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal scheduled for Friday evening.
According to informed sources, the meeting was cancelled following pressure from the BJP.
"To
save party from further embarrassment, it was decided that the BJP
leader should not meet the Delhi CM," a BJP source told IANS.
Already
in the line of opposition's fire over the Lalit Modi issue, the ruling
BJP was further driven to a corner over remarks of party senior leader
L.K. Advani that he did not rule out another "Emergency-like situation"
in the country.
Kejriwal was among the first to respond to Advani's interview published in the Indian Express.
"Advani
ji is correct in saying that emergency can't be ruled out. Is Delhi
their first experiment?" he tweeted in an apparent reference to his ugly
power tussle with the Centre.
After Advani's remark, Kejriwal sought a meeting with him. Advani earlier agreed to meet him on Friday evening.