MPs back Rao
Leaders of India's ruling Congress (I) party rejected opposition demands for the removal of the Prime Minister, P V Narasimha Rao, in connection with the country's largest securities scandal, AFP reports from New Delhi. Mr Rao's cabinet colleagues rallied behind him and the Finance Minister, Manmohan Singh.
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