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PM disapproves of Modi's
attack on Lyngdoh

In a virtual disapproval of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's attack on Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday said no one should use "improper language or make indecorous insinuations" in expressing views on the EC's decision on Gujarat.

In a balancing act, he also asked democratic institutions to work within their Constitutional limits and appealed to "all for an immediate end to this unseemly controversy."

The prime minister, in a statement, sought to douse the raging controversy over Modi's attack on Lyngdoh for the Election Commission's decision not to hold early elections in Gujarat.

"One may have differences over the decision or the attendant observations of the Election Commission with regard to the assembly polls in Gujarat. There are constitutional means to deal with such matters," he said.

PTI

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