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The Rediff Election News 1999 - Part 4


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AUGUST NEWS

August 31, 1999
Congress accuses PM of sugargate scam
Goa goes against the grain again
Vajpayee woos Rajasthan's Jats with reservation promise
Ghulam Nabi accepts BJP's challenge for debate on Kargil
Chaos in Bihar JD-U as chief quits
CID to probe blasts in Andhra minister's house
Election Commission asks parties to maintain dignity

August 29, 1999
Organisation calls for voting on the Web
Karan Singh not to contest
Sonia not to be projected as PM: Margaret Alva
BJP-Congress ad war hots up
Bhagwat likens Vajpayee to Hitler
Satire on Naidu is a huge draw
In Nanded, it's a fight between BJP and Congress
Scindia's fate will be decided in MP's first round
Jaya Prada will not contest against Jaipal Reddy
K K Tewari, Kalpnath Rai's widow get Congress tickets
Security stepped up in Kutch on poll eve
ISI planning to disrupt election, assassinate top politicians
Deve Gowda still eyes the top slot
BJP to share power witl allies even if it wins majority
Allies may have forced Sonia to backtrack on coalition government
Sonia targets government on Kargil, stability

August 28, 1999
BJP rules in south Bihar, the RJD in the north
Bombay, Madras HCs quash petitions against Sonia
NC hunts for votes among homeless
No ban on raising Kargil, says EC
Diplomats will be allowed to witness polls
Ribeiro calls for ending Thackeray's 'one-man rule'
Poll panel turns down JD-S plea on AIR, DD timings

August 27, 1999
JDU-BJP cracking under internal strains
Inquiry ordered into PM's Gujarat meet
September 3-5 will be dry days in Delhi
Satish Sharma to take on Arun Nehru
Mahatma's grand daughter opposes Sonia's bid for prime ministership
Haryana gets ready for another round of 'Lal' salaam
Fewer women to contest in Maharashtra
Kargil is no issue in Madurai
Don't favour ruling party, EC tells state govts

August 26, 1999
Kargil victory gives BJP the edge over Vaghela
Situation right for J&K polls, says EC
BJD's dominance worries ally BJP
PIL against Sonia's candidature
Jaya lacks Sonia's stature: Lalit Mohan Singh
Thamaraikani reiterates charges against Jaya
DMK govt's dismissal will be priority: Nedunchezhian
Jharkhand Front releases manifesto
Khurana challenges Tytler to prove innocence on riot charges
Maharashtra Police ready for the polls
RPI (Athawale) releases its final list
Congress, JMM-S wait for full moon
Bihar to deploy boats during poll
'I cannot take orders from every Tom, Dick and Harry'
A survey of the poll scene in Punjab

August 25, 1999
Why the RJD-JD pact collapsed
Close contest of a different kind
AIADMK makes amends for slighting Sonia
Christian organisation calls for BJP's defeat
Sonia Gandhi and the people she trusts
EVMs make poll process neat and placid
EVMs to be made universal in next general election: Gill
The Rediff Election news, 1999 - PART 5


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