essay · position paper
Contradiction
Issued by Mr.R.N.Singh Deo, M.L.A., Chief Minister, Orissa.
1967
1 pages
Summary
This single-page English statement, issued in 1967 by R. N. Singh Deo, then Chief Minister of Orissa, repudiates newspaper reports about his alleged comments on the political situation in West Bengal. Singh Deo says that journalists questioned him while he was travelling from Calcutta to Bombay on 9 November, but that he declined to comment.
Key points
- The document is a formal contradiction of press reports attributed to R. N. Singh Deo.
- Singh Deo states that journalists in Calcutta asked him about West Bengal politics.
- He says he declined to make any comment.
- He disputes reports published in the Amrita Bazar Patrika and the Indian Express on 10 November 1967.
- He declares that the statements and comments attributed to him were baseless.
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