India's government survives confidence vote

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Updated July 24, 2008 10:09:42

India's Congress-led government has survived a parliamentary vote of confidence by a margin of just 19 votes.

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Speaker: Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh; Sushma Swaraj, senior MP, Bharata Janata Party; Prof Mohammed Mujtaba Khan, professor of political science, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi; D Raja, National Secretary, Communist Party of India.

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