George Fernandes
Aug 17 2007, Pratyush

The Manmohan Singh government is feeling heat over the nuke deal from the opposition and the UPA’s biggest ally, left parties both. NDA convener George Fernandes’s remarks against Manmohan Singh caused the Rajya Sabha adjournment till 2:30 PM on...

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