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Grieved by media reports, Prez Patil gives up Pune home

New Delhi, April 28 (ANI): Presidential spokesperson Archana Dutta has stated that grieved by media reports, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil decided to forfeit her controversial post retirement residence in Pune.Talking to mediapersons in New Delhi, Dutta said that Patil was sad to be projected as being insensitive towards ex servicemen and war widows. An organization of retired army officers led by Retired Lieutenant Colonel Suresh Patil had filed a Right to Information suit saying that a five acre plot on defence owned land for the President was unacceptable. Slamming Suresh Patil, Dutta said that being the supreme commander of the armed forces, the President was entitled to the A 1 defence land.

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