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PDS ROPES IN CHANDRA SHEKHAR 

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Staff Reporter Published 27.04.01, 12:00 AM
Calcutta, April 27 :    Calcutta, April 27:  Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar will campaign in the state for Party for Democratic Socialism (PDS). PDS president Saifuddin Chowdhury told reporters today that Chandra Shekhar will address rallies in Hooghly, Burdwan, Bankura and South 24-Parganas for three days from May 2. 'Chandra Shekhar will also address a rally at former chief minister Jyoti Basu's constituency, Satgachhia, on May 4. He will attend a rally at Hirapur where dissident CPM leader Dilip Das is contesting as an Independent,' he said. Chowdhury today released the common minimum programme of the Secular Democratic Front which is fighting the May 10 polls along with the PDS. The other constituents of the front are Bahujan Rashtriya Party, Janata Party (Paschimbanga), Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya), Marxist Forward Bloc , R.P.I and Jana Unnayan Mancha. Releasing the programme, Chowdhury alleged that the CPM was trying to 'terrorise' many of their candidates in the districts and they will lodge an official complaint with the chief electoral officer tomorrow.    
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