Pratibhatai almost deserted Indira in 1977 Monday, June 18, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Pratibha Patil, the UPA-Left choice for the Presidential elections and a staunch Nehru-Gandhi loyalist, had almost deserted Indira Gandhi to go with party stalwart Vasantrao Naik into the folds of the anti-Indira camp in 1977.
