Vincent George's wife gives up petrol pump

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MAY 11. Ms. Lilly George, wife of Mr. Vincent George, Private Secretary to the Congress president, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, has informed the Petroleum Ministry that she has given up the idea of operating a petrol pump. The dealership had been allotted to her on ``compassionate grounds'' in 1991. In a letter to the Ministry, Ms. George whose allotment had created a controversy, said she did not have any present interest or intention in running the dealership.

The Petroleum Minister, Mr. Ram Naik, said the letter had been received in response to queries from the Ministry on whether the ``compassionate grounds'' still existed. However, the letter did not mention the issue of compassionate grounds and had been received two months after the queries were initiated. On whether the issue was now closed, Mr. Naik told newspersons that this would be so only after the site was allotted to a Kargil widow.

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