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How Atiq Ahmad and five other gangster politicians' vote helped save UPA govt's collapse in 2008: Report

Lucknow: Six criminal-politicians, including Atiq Ahmad who was shot dead on Saturday, were quietly released in 2008 on furlough from various jails within a span of just 48 hours, according to a book on "Baahubalis." The book claims that their release was tied to the UPA government's need for their votes to save the civil nuclear deal with the US, which was facing opposition at the time. The politicians' votes were believed to be crucial for the government's survival.

Congress's Manish Tewari writes about UPA govt's weak response to 26/11 terror attack, faces attack from Adhir Chowdhury

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury Tuesday hit out at his senior party colleague Manish Tewari over his upcoming book "10 Flash Points; 20 Years - National Security Situations that Impacted India" where Tewari opined that the UPA government should have given a tougher response to 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai.