New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today (Apr 25, 2004) said that he was not worried about his long-standing friend Ram Jethmalani fighting against him in Lucknow.

"I am not", the Prime Minister said when asked during an interview whether he was worried about fighting him.

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To a question, Vajpayee said he did not know why the noted lawyer and Congress-backed independent candidate chose to stay in the fray after agreeing to withdraw from the contest in response to his appeal.