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MARCH 10
Sonia may take over as Kesri quits
Soon after Sitaram Kesri announced the decision, top Congress prime ministerial aspirant Sharad Pawar said the CWC would meet on Tuesday to take a decision on the new president.
Kesri's move queers the pitch for UF
The Left leaders are reluctant even to hazard a guess as to how the political permutations and combinations are to be worked out if Sonia is to take over the Congress.
Cabinet allocation yet to be decided, says BJP
The BJP today emphasised that no names have been finalised for the proposed cabinet of the BJP-led coalition government.
Kesri quits when the going is good
Sitaram Kesri knew that the clamour for Sonia Gandhi's elevation would reach a crescendo. He has thus pre-empted his embarrassment.
Karunanidhi should be dismissed, says Jaya
Jayalalitha, however, made it clear that she was not serving an ultimatum on the Vajpayee government.
BJP, allies agree on common agenda
'No contentious issues' figured at the two-hour-long meeting,
which was attended by A B Vajpayee, L K Advani and
Jaswant Singh and leaders of allied parties, except the
Trinamool Congress.
BJP keen, but Jayalalitha non-committal on joining Vajpayee's government
All India Anna DMK chief J Jayalalitha has ruled out any change in her party's decision to stay away from a BJP-led government at the Centre and extend support to it from the outside.
Five North-East MPs pledge support to BJP
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang, speaking for the North-east Regional Political Parties Forum, attacks the Congress for trying to form a government at the Centre, saying it had no moral or constitutional right to do so.
Laloo ready to push any 'secular' force to power
The RJD supremo said he would extend 'unconditional support' to any party but the BJP.
RJD will sit in opposition if efforts to thwart BJP fail
Laloo Yadav said if the BJP succeeds in forming a government, his 17 MPs along with one from the Rashtriya Janata Party, would 'stand as a rock before it' both inside and outside Parliament.
Srinagar swings to NC, Jammu to BJP
It was a victory sans fanfare, sans celebrations, sans, even, crowds. But sweet, nonetheless, for poll novice and National Conference candidate Omar Farooq Abdullah.
Patel need not resign, says Deve Gowda
The former prime minister isn't disheartened at the JD's rout in Karnataka. Nor at the UF's inability to form a government. What needs to be done, he says, is accept the defeat gracefully and try and earn the people's confidence again.
BJP, NTR-TDP part ways
Reacting to Lakshmi Parvathi's statement that her party would fight assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh on its own, BJP general secretary M Venkaiah Naidu said the party had no objection if the former wanted to part ways.
President should be convinced of BJP's stability claim, says Sorabjee
Former solicitor general of India Soli Sorabji has said the President should call the leader of the BJP and ask him if he could muster a majority. The leader should also clarify the basis on which he was giving this assurance. In addition, the President should be satisfied about the commitment of the allies.
Invite leader of largest pre-poll bloc, say statesmen
The Forum for National Concern has said it would be logical to invite the leader of the single largest party or the largest pre-poll alliance to form the government.
'From our side, supporting the Congress is the only option'
Tamil Maanila Congress chief G K Moopanar explains why the UF has no option but to support the Congress in New Delhi.
Manik Sarkar stakes claim to form govt in Tripura
The CPI-M Tripura state committee secretary is the new Left Front legislature party chief.
Swamy complains to Gill about big baddie Tamil telly
The Janata Party leader has alleged that a private channel reported he was trailing in his constituency hours before counting had even started.
Defectors bite the dust in MP
Among those who changed their parties after the 1996 Lok
Sabha election and lost are BSP general secretary Arvind Netam, former minister Akhand Pratap Singh, BJP's Dilip Singh Bhuria and Janata Dal candidate Shivendra Bahadur Singh.
BJP fortifies position in Bundelkhand
By establishing a lead in 23 of the 24 assembly segments in the
region, the BJP has given a severe jolt to the ruling Congress party.
BJP ruled on division of votes in Gorakhpur-Basti area
The SP-BSP invariably won more votes combined, but individually they paved the way for the BJP.
BJP sweep jolts Jharkhand parties
The Jharkhand parties received a shock in their own bastion while the BJP continued its dominance, by winning 12 out of 14 seats in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections in the region.
6 party chiefs taste defeat in MP
State presidents of five political parties and the national president of one were defeated in Madhya Pradesh.
5 Etawah natives win LS poll
Union Defence Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's home turf Etawah district has seen five of its sons of the soil making it to the Lok Sabha.
BJP makes inroads into Tripura
The party increases percentage of votes polled since last elections, while heavyweights Congress and CPI-M lose out.
Ruling SDF retains LS seat, consolidates position
But votes polled fall from 72.15 per cent in 1996 against Nar Bahadur Bhandari to 65.80 this time against Sanchaman Limboo.
PDM not to align with any party in Meghalaya assembly
Group demands separate identity in House, claiming it will keep its distance from both leading groups.
HP BJP seeks President's protection from Cong, cops
Members of the BJP Himachal Pradesh unit and Himachal Vikas Congress chief Sukh Ram today called on President K R Narayanan and sought protection so that they can attend the state assembly ''without being harassed by the HP police and Congressmen''.
OTHER REPORTS:
More arrests made in Delhi blasts case
Five men, three of them Pakistanis, arrested as police claim to have solved eight out of 10 blasts cases.
Karnataka governor leaves House in a huff
As Governor Khurshed Alam Khan began his 24-page address, Vatal Nagaraj of the Kannada Chaluvali Vatal party shouted, "We don't want this address," and started reading his own speech, criticising the institution of governor. Khan governor abruptly ended his address mid-way and left the House.
Defence budget needs immediate attention
The defence budget has been declining over the years.
Mob attacks TN MLA's house following death of teenaged girl
A mob, enraged over the death of a teenaged girl under mysterious circumstances, went on the rampage and attacked the house of a DMK legislator, in Aruppukottai village on Sunday.
Sexual discrimination the most in Punjab
The malnutrition rate among girls in some rural areas of the state is reported to be seven times higher than
that of the boys.
'Ex-gratia triggered more suicides'
Leading psychiatrists feel that 'mass hysteria' and the offer of Rs 100,000 as ex-gratia to the family of those who end their lives may have accentuated the suicidal tendencies among the depressed cotton farmers who are committing suicide in various parts of Andhra Pradesh.
DK leads protest against Kanchi seer's views on widows
The protestors shouted slogans demanding that the Kanchi Mutt head withdraw the remarks made last year.
TODAY'S COLUMNS
A star is born!
He's got a coat, he's got a tie, and he's got
a pair of nicely polished shoes. And come the television crews, Chief Election Commissioner Dr Manohar Singh Gill can be found lolling around in these, taking care to walk smack in the middle of the spotlight... Political gossip from the Delhi Durbar, including tidbits on Kesri's last days as the Congress chief.
Mayawati's MLAs and Kanshi's government
Kesrinath Tripathi, the speaker of the Uttar Pradesh assembly, is not likely to disqualify the 17 Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs who deserted Mayawati for Kalyan Singh, says Rajiv Shukla.
MARCH 8
Vajpayee elected BJP parliamentary leader
Political emissaries from Andhra Pradesh have convinced the BJP leadership that it should wait for Naidu's decision, which would benefit the saffron party. It is likely the TDP will give issue-based support to the BJP.
BJP uneasy about coordination committee
"The biggest hurdle is not to win the vote of confidence, but to do tight rope walking," a top BJP official told Rediff On The NeT. "With all the allies pulling in different directions, the government is going to be a big circus."
Low turnout in Kashmir polls
For the third consecutive day, everything in Pampore town in the southern Anantnag constituency was shut and the polling booths deserted.
TDP stand may bring UF closer to power
Though the TDP stand has opened up such a possibility,
a lot with will depend on what the Congress has to say, and
how President K R Narayanan will perceive this, according to an
informed source.
'I do not believe in blind anti-Congressism or blind anti-BJPism'
'I am not blindly for the Congress and UF coming together. In the process, if there is any danger of the UF splitting, then we should allow the BJP to form the government.' V P Singh tells the Rediff Chat. Also featuring Congress leaders Salman Khurshid and K V Thangabalu, and BJP ideologues Brajesh Mishra and Sudheendra Kulkarni.
'UP will remain an aberration'
'UP was an isolated action just to teach a lesson to our adversaries who always
indulge in such kind of politics to stop the BJP. I can assure you that UP will never become a part of
BJP politics.' Sushma Swaraj jousts with V P Singh on the Rediff Chat. Also featuring Tamil Nadu leader Vazhapaddy Ramamurthi and commentator Babu Bhaskar.
Dissidence hits Congress margin in Goa
The ruling Congress is in a deep trouble in Goa, with a large
chunk of its vote bank going to the Bharatiya Janata Party and Churchill Alemao's United Goans Democratic Party.
The Left falls in Orissa
All the four candidates of the two Left parties, including state
CPI secretary Abani Baral and veteran CPI-M leader Shivaji
Patnaik who contested the election, lost their deposit.
'We will persuade Sonia Gandhi to become prime minister'
Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, the Tiger of Cuddapah, speaks!
Two cheers for Instability
'There is nothing in our Independent history to make us believe that a stable government equals good governance,' says Dilip D'Souza. 'In fact, stability has always brought with it a reluctance to tackle problems, a complacent slide into decay, damage and destruction, a trampling on rights and justice. If that's stability, give me instability any day.'
The saffron undervest
Admiral J G Nadkarni (retd) on why he believes that a large number of our senior servicemen wear a saffron vest under their immaculate uniforms.
OTHER REPORTS:
Jain Commission report submitted to govt
The voluminous final report, running into several thousand pages, was handed over to Home Secretary B P Singh on Saturday.
Pak to take Washington to court
Pakistan will move court for the refund of $ 658 million it paid for 28 F-16 combat aircraft a decade ago.
MARCH 7
Disunited stands the UF
Though the United Front officially asserts that it will stand united, there are serious differences of opinion within the 13-party coalition.
BJP goes soft, drops key issues
The contentious issues include abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, contruction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya, and introduction of a uniform civil code. Apart from this, the BJP will also not stake its claim to form the government, but will wait for an invitation from the President.
Congress ready to sit in opposition
''After all, it is a democracy and we should let the BJP form a government if we cannot do it,'' CWC member A K Antony told Rediff On The Net. ''We can attempt to form a government only if the United Front remains intact and gives us support, which is remote now.''
JD will offer issue-based support at Centre, says J H Patel
Patel said there should be no obstacle in the way of the Bharatiya Janata Party forming a government as it had emerged as the largest single party in the elections to the 12th Lok Sabha.
'Survival' forced Karunanidhi to skip UF meet
''If the UF cannot stop Naidu, and cannot stop its own disintegration, how can they stop the dismissal of our government if it came to that?'' said a DMK leader. ''Or, how can they stop us from taking a decision of our own?''
UF divided over backing Cong govt: Karunanidhi
Effecting a somersault on the issue of supporting a Congress government at the Centre, the DMK chief said he has not been informed about the convening of the UF core committee meeting.
Precedent dictates that BJP is invited, say legal eagles
In the 46 years since free India started exercising its franchise, not once has the President invited the second largest party to form the government before calling the largest party.
Mulayam favours Congress-led government
"I do politics for power and those who do not admit the fact
are telling lies," said Mulayam, explaining his current political stand.
Maneka, five MPs write to President supporting BJP
Maneka Gandhi, Satnam Singh Kainth and four Haryana Lok Dal-Rashtriya MPs have separately written to President K R Narayanan, informing him of their decision to extend unconditional support to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the formation of a new government at the Centre.
Vajpayee gave Jaya greater credibility
Jayalalitha succeeded in widening her vote base by diverting the voter focus from herself to the BJP and Vajpayee. Even when she deviated from this line, and started focusing her campaign on herself, she was quick to realise the mistake. She went back to selling Vajpayee, and through him the AIADMK, to the Tamil voter.
Lok Sabha results strengthen Kalyan Singh against Agarwal's machinations
With six vacancies now going to arise in the state assembly following the election of six sitting MLAs to Parliament, Kalyan Singh could well do without the support of Naresh Agarwal's band of 13.
Parties failed to keep word on quota for women: First Lady
''Women have to go a long way before they can feel
a sense of empowerment in the affairs of the state,'' said Usha Narayanan.
Madhya Pradesh: When the giants fell
They were among the biggest names in Indian politics: Arjun Singh, V C Shukla, Dalip Singh Bhuria. The voters were none-too-impressed, and sent them tumbling.
MP divided between BJP and Congress for the first time
Since the 1957 elections, this is for the first time that all the seats have been shared by two parties in the state. Of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state, the BJP this time won 30 while 10 went to the Congress.
BJP, SP increase vote share, seats in UP
The BJP crosses the 35 per cent mark in the state, while the BSP keeps its
vote share but loses seats.
Sena-BJP win more votes, but fewer seats in Maharashtra
The Sena and the BJP, which have won only 10 of the 48 seats jointly contested by them, have collectively polled 43.37 per cent votes in the recent election, against 38.64 per cent in the 1996 Lok Sabha election. The Congress, though, has increased its votes by 8.33 per cent to 43.63 per cent, as against 34.80 per cent polled in 1996, and improved its position.
George would like to remain outside Vajpayee cabinet, other allies debate the move
Fernandes, however, would join the ministry if the alliance leaders so decide.
'The days of the Shiv Sena, BJP are over. People are tired of all this drama and theatrics'
Congress leader Murli Deora on what next.
BJP's rise in vote power scares Goan regional parties
The saffron party has eaten into everybody's support base, bettering its vote bank substantially. Even the Muslims and Catholics, it would appear, have voted in large numbers for it.
Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Himachal CM
The Congress chief minister will have to prove his majority on the floor of the house before March 16.
BJP, Sukh Ram flay HP governor
"V S Rama Devi's action in inviting the Congress is undemocratic."
Secure Anantnag, Baramulla await polling
The two Jammu and Kashmir constituencies, where security forces have been put on maximum alert, go to polls on Saturday.
'The country must taste the BJP "pudding" '
'We have the numbers. But it may not be prudent to repudiate the numbers of the BJP and its so-called allies of past Congressmen. So they could fulfil their desire to build upon a fractured and contradictory majority,' Congress leader Kamal Nath tells the Rediff Chat. Also featuring BJP leaders Aslam Sher Khan, K R Malkani and Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, and Janata Dal leader Wasim Ahmed.
'Many politicians who mourn the end of the licence-permit raj are keen on a return to the Nehru dynasty'
'The mandate is to ensure that there is no repeat of the
situation between 1950 and 1990 when governments dominated
citizens... The current mandate is such that no single party can dominate
Parliament. Whoever forms the government will have a powerful
opposition. This is to be welcomed,' commentator M D Nalapat tells the Rediff Chat. Also featuring BJP leader Bangaru Laxman, Congress leader Margaret Alva and former foreign secretary J N Dixit.
Pawar and the art of turning defeat into victory
"Pawar's best bet would be not to strive to keep the BJP out at this time, but to go along with the popular view to allow its continuity in office. There are not many who believe the BJP government can complete its full term, so weighed down is it with not only internal contradictions but also past masters at sabotage," says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Why not a composite poll?
With the plurality of interests the Lok Sabha now represents, says Shalabh Kumar, it is unlikely that any election in the near future will throw up a clear winner. The constitutional practice of inviting the leader of the largest party assumes that the largest party will have a simple majority. The assumption is wrong. Hence, at stake, is not just a solution for the situation today but also for the next few elections.
OTHER REPORTS
Police zero in on Coimbatore blast culprits
The Tamil Nadu police have established the identity of the outfit behind the bomb blasts, its modus operandi and
the place where the bombs were manufactured.
Sanjay Singh is still married to Garima: SC
The Supreme Court has held as illegal the divorce between the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party MP and his first
wife, upholding an Allahabad high court verdict that it was obtained by 'fraud and collusion'.
Non-bailable warrant against Prabhakar Rao
But the Hyderabad police will have to get the Special Protection Group director's clearance before they can arrest the VIP.
Arun Gawli's wife arrested for builder's murder
Asha Gawli was picked up by the Malabar Hill police on Friday afternoon from the bastion of the don, Dagdi Chawl at Byculla in south-central Bombay, and would be produced before the metropolitan court on Saturday for remand.
LCA to be flight-tested this year
Abdul Kalam suggests India will be self-reliant in aeronautical, space and defence technology in the next century and that the Indian industry should prepare for stiff international competition.
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Your honour...
A law student has been awarded the first and
second ranks, besides a gold medal, by the Kuvempu university in Karnataka!
MARCH 6
BJP inches closer to majority
The saffron party has roped in the Arunachal Congress and several Independents as serious differences crop up in the United Front over backing a Congress government at the Centre.
Congress keeps options open
"We are neither desperate to form a government nor will run away from the responsiblity,'' says one senior leader.
Naidu puts off Delhi trip, rushes aide
A TDP leader close to the chief minister summed the party's mood. ''Does the UF exist at all after the Lok Sabha election? Except the TDP, all the regional parties have suffered a drubbing. With whom is Naidu going to speak? And what?''
Pawar's aides lay the ground for his becoming PM
"Out of 141 Congress members in the Lok Sabha, 33 are from our state. So we definitely have an advantage," says a former Union minister and Pawar acolyte.
'Even when we get a majority on our own we cannot amend Article 370'
'The BJP can implement its programme only when the BJP secures that much strength. This is going to be a coalition government, so all our programmes cannot be implemented. After all, there is going to be a common minimum programme on which all the allies would agree upon...' BJP ideologues Kushabhau Thakre and Govindacharya tell the Rediff Election Chat.
'Whichever government is formed will not last very long'
'Instability is writ large on the present fractured mandate. Stability was said to be the main issue before the election. Evidently, the voting pattern has not conformed to the country's perceived wish. Fresh elections may well be held in 1999. And the Indian voter will have to make up his mind to give a clear-cut verdict.' Commentators Inder Malhotra and T V R Shenoy tell the Rediff Election Chat.
'Long live the BJP's opportunism'
'Please don't be selective in matter of morality more so when your esteemed leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee has conceded in Bhubaneswar that ''enough is enough. No more morals please. We have gone by morals for the last 40 years and achieved nothing. Now let us rise to the occasion and be practical.'' ' Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, BJP ideologue Jagdish Shettigar and Congress leader Balram Jakhar joust on the Rediff Election Chat.
Samajwadi Party favours Congress-led, UF-supported government
After the SP's parliamentary party meeting which elected Mulayam Singh Yadav as its leader in the Lok Sabha, party general secretary Amar Singh said they were ready for any sacrifice to keep the BJP away from power.
EC reschedules polling in Udhampur due to bad weather
The Jammu and Kashmir constituency will go to poll on March 10 instead of March 7.
AIADMK move stems from Jaya's 'sack DMK' demand
Though the AIADMK decision is said to have flowed from Jayalalitha's 'unwillingness' to let someone else occupy a ministerial berth before she had been restored chief minister, there are more reasons than personal egos.
PMK follows in Jayalalitha's footsteps
Its four MPs will support the BJP from outside.
Experts debate the Presidential prerogative
A lot, it seems, is left to the President's discretion in case of a hung Parliament, and there is no compulsion on him to blindly follow precedent.
BJP stakes claim to form HP government
The BJP elects Prem Kumar Dhumal to lead party with support from Sukh Ram's Himachal Vikas Congress.
UP shatters 'Sonia' myth, crushes BJP giants
While the Congress faced a complete rout, the BJP failed to retain its nominees in some of the traditional strongholds like Ayodhya.
SP scored in round following Kalyan's fall
The party's winning average went up from 19 per cent in the first round to 30 in the second.
The eclipse of Communism in Bihar
Like the famed Madhubani painting losing its lustre
over years, the Left bastion, too, is finding its colour fading away.
Antony accuses Left of largescale bogus voting in Kerala
This, said the Congress leader, is amply evident from the improbably high 98 per cent voter turnout in some areas.
'Naidu is interested only in making money'
Congress leader K Vijayabhaskara Reddy speaks out!
Democracy by calculator
'Both the Congress and United Front have NO moral right to
rule,' says Varsha Bhosle, 'considering that the percentage of Congress votes has dropped and that the UF has lost 75 seats since the last
election. It is clear: though the people want a coalition government, it is not one in which the UF pulls the strings.'
Altering the Mandate
'No one, certainly not any political party, is keen to give us the government we want, we crave for. That explains the fraud, the chicanery, the desperate desire to rearrange the mandate and give us a government that is condemned, by its very contradictions, to fail,' says Pritish Nandy.
22 first-timers make it to Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu
While the new faces romped home surprisingly, riding on the
anti-incumbency wave, veterans like Union ministers and Tamil
Maanila Congress leaders M Arunachalam and Dhanushkodi Adityan
and BJP leader Jana Krishnamurthy were made to bite the dust.
The way the Maharashtrians have swung...
Three Lok Sabha and two assembly elections in eight years. And each
time, the Maharashtrians have shown a will of their own. The complete
stats of the changing political scene.
Women MPs dwindle in AP
Only two women have been elected to the Lok Sabha from Andhra Pradesh though women voters outnumber their male counterparts.
Only four of Bihar's women could make it to New Delhi
And there were 21 of the fair sex in the 12th Lok Sabha fray!
OTHER REPORTS
Centre, states to fight ISI together
In the wake of the Bombay and Coimbatore serial bomb blasts, Home Secretary B P Singh has convened a meeting of senior security officials and state home secretaries to chalk out a strategy to fight ISI-sponsored subversive actvities.
RSS leader deposes against Kesri in defamation suit
Satyanarain Bansal, president of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Delhi unit,
told a trial court today that the Congress president's statement on the Coimbatore serial bomb blasts has maligned the Hindu outfit.
Delhi high court dismisses petition against Sonia
It had sought Sonia Gandhi's prosecution on the basis of the Gupta Committee report on Maruti affairs.
High court allows DoT to process private ISP licences
In the interim order, the judge, however, ruled that licences for the internet services could be granted only after the court had pronounced a final judgment on the matter.
Earth Trustee award for Malayalee priest
The award goes to Father Thomas Kocherry for his contribution in setting
up an alliance of eight million fish workers in the country and his
efforts to stop factory fishing.
MARCH 5
Naidu puts off decision, but BJP is confident
The TDP supremo says any decision in this regard will be taken only after discussions with the United Front leaders.
TDP stand hits Congress plans
With Chandrababu Naidu terming the Congress as his 'enemy number one', the party, which appeared highly optimistic yesterday, sought to play down its chances at forming a government on Wednesday.
AIADMK extends outside support to BJP
J Jayalalitha said she was convinced that only the BJP could provide a stable government.
Mamata to support BJP from outside
The Trinamul Congress leader rules out returning to the Congress or
joining a front which is supported by the Left parties.
Karunanidhi ready to back Congress govt
The Tamil Nadu chief minister says, ''After the election, some Congress leaders had given a clean chit to the DMK, stating that none of the 28 accused who were sentenced to death in connection with the Rajiv Gandhi assassination belonged to the party.''
Keshubhai Patel sworn in Gujarat chief minister
Council of ministers to take oath after Holi on March 13.
BJP seeks ex-RBI governor for FM's post
With former finance minister Jaswant Singh losing his Lok Sabha seat, the BJP needs to find a finance minister who is acceptable to international investors.
Himachal CM resigns
The Congress, however, is trying to form the government.
Sukh Ram to back BJP in HP assembly
The former Union communications minister will convey his decision to the governor tomorrow.
Beg to give Soz a tough time in Baramullah
The spotlight is now on Baramullah and Anantnag, the two parliamentary constituencies in Kashmir which go to the polls on Saturday, March 7.
Non-BJP govt will lead to chaos, warns Thackeray
The Sena chief said such a coalition would not survive.
Karunakaran sets a new record
The former chief minister, elected from Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 80, will be the oldest member ever representing the state in the Lower House.
BJP, Congress make dents in each other's strongholds in MP
The BJP has made strong inroads in the Congress citadel of Chhattisgarh.
Either it is dharma in public life or the twilight of Indian democracy
The President has to ensure that a hung Parliament does not result in the public morality being hanged, says constitutional expert Nani Palkhivala.
Let the BJP form the next government
'By sitting on the Opposition benches, the Congress and the UF can then witness the BJP pulled apart by its inherent internal contradictions. This will also give the former parties a chance to reorganise themselves, especially now that the Congress is showing amazing resilience,' says Amberish K Diwanji.
Pawar and Jayalalitha likely to be two of the most crucial influences in Delhi
T V R Shenoy on the fathers of victory.
The Great Political Tamasha
The transcripts of the Rediff Election Chat, starting from when the counting of votes began to the time the horse-trading did. With the politicians coming online to answer, explain, hedge and prevaricate. Enjoy!
Every act of the Congress will hasten the process of disintegration
Astrologer K N Rao, on Saturn and Indian politics.
THE REDIFF ELECTION SPECIALS
Elections '96
How India voted two years ago: A complete guide to the last election.
MARCH 4
Cong plans to head coalition with UF
BJP trying to split Cong, TDP in AP
Coimbatore blasts sealed DMK-TMC fate
Naidu non-committal on support to Cong, BJP
The winners!
Patel will be sworn-in as Gujarat CM
Mamata wins with record margin
The Big Losers
Vajpayee to be present at Patel's swearing-in
EC orders repoll in two Bihar booths
Moopanar blames it on Coimbatore blasts
Congress unlikely to form government: Nayanar
Akali Dal to decide on future course of action
BJP's record win in Madhya Pradesh
Laloo fights back as BJP-Samata march on in Bihar
Congress pips BJP in Goa, sitting MPs a poor third
BJP supreme in Delhi, almost
Congress ahead in all Assam seats, AGP trails far behind
Hegde keeps promise, smashes Janata Dal
Mixed bag in state assembly elections
The victory of the vanquished
BJP hopes to form HP govt
Jaya to move court for recounting of votes in Tirupattur
Cong sweeps AGP out in Assam
Stars crash to earth in south India
Congress surges ahead in AP; BJP gets 4 seats
BJP discussing ways to form new govt
Congress asks AP CM to quit
Upendra breaks 27-year-old Vijayawada jinx
N D Tiwari resigns
Congress duo sets record, wins for ninth time in row
BJP surging ahead in Gujarat
Sweet revenge for AIADMK
Sonia factor flops in Orissa
Karnataka CM refuse to quit
Poll results bring little cheer to CPI-M in Kerala
Congress improves tally in Kerala, but loses out on margins
Manohar Joshi offers to resign over party’s rout in Maharashtra
INL, PDP face bleak future in Kerala
Congress's spectacular show in Rajasthan after 18 years
BJP makes major gains in UP
Congress surges ahead in HP assembly poll
BJP maintains lead in Gujarat; Cong ahead in HP
BJD-BJP combine wins 7 seats in Orissa
AIADMK-BJP wins 16 out of 22 seats in TN
AIADMK smashes its way back into the reckoning
BJP wins one, leads in 23 UP seats
Congress wins 2, leads in 20 in AP
BJP suffers in Rajasthan
DMK wins Pondicherry
BJP wins one, leads in 23 UP seats
Congress sheds anti-DMK stance, ready for another go with UF
Congress-RPI combine sweeps Vidarbha
AGP faces rout in Assam
Munde says BJP is 'numbed'
Eight-time winner does it again in Lakshadweep!
UDF may end up with two more
BJP bags 8 seats in Gujarat assembly polls
Advani in unassailable position in Gandhinagar
Congress wiped out in West Bengal: Trinamool chief
BJP push Khalap, Alemao to third place
Cong, BJP want Karnataka JD govt to quit
BJP wins five Gujarat assembly seats
Counting stopped in Nandyal
BJP push Khalap, Alemao to third place
Haryana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan frustrate BJP's impressive march
Trinamool Cong maintains lead in Calcutta
BJP leads in 13 MP seats
HLDR-BSP combine leads in six seats
Congress, TDP make impressive gains; BJP leads in four seats in AP
BJP-BJD alliance ahead in 5 Orissa seats
BJP ahead in 13 MP seats
Akali-BJP combine may sweep Punjab
BJP may leave only 3 seats for JD in Karnataka
BJP takes early lead in UP
Early trends put Congress, allies ahead in Maharashtra
BJP calls for dissolution of Karnataka assembly
Advani, BJP candidates take lead in Gujarat
Congress continues winning spree in Nagaland assembly polls
BJP wins two seats, ahead in 101 constituencies
BJP calls for dissolution of Karnataka assembly
Counting begins in Maharashtra
Supreme Court clears Advani in Jain hawala case
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