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President tells Vajpayee to show his strength

In a major setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government, President K R Narayanan tonight directed Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to seek a vote of confidence from the Lok Sabha following the withdrawal of support by two constituents of the alliance.

In a cryptic communique, Rashtrapati Bhavan said, "The President has advised the prime minister to seek a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha."

The communique, however, did not set any time-frame for the vote of confidence, though Parliament is scheduled to resume its Budget session tomorrow.

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