The Indian Express

Tuesday, December 16 1997

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JPP ready for tie-up with BJP
The Jharkhand People's party (JPP) is willing to forge an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the Lok Sabha polls and elections for the Jharkhand Area Autonomous Council (JAAC) expected early next year. JPP is reportedly not averse to entering into an alliance with it if the latter comes up with such an offer.

JD tries its luck in Gujarat
Vijaynagar, in tribal Bharuch, appears an unlikely venue for heavyweight politicos on the campaign trail. Nevertheless, this nondescript village on Sunday saw UF chairman H D Deve Gowda and JD chief Sharad Yadav launching an attempt at increasing their strength in the state -- even if it meant only a seat or two at the most.

Biju's son breaks up Orissa JD
The JD in Orissa experienced a major split yesterday with as many as 29 of the 43 Dal MLAs forming a separate outfit called the Janata Dal Biju, to be headed by the late Biju Patnaik's youngest son, Navin Patnaik.

SP will be main rival for BJP in UP: Joshi

"Rajiv had asked me to open dialogue with Prabhakaran"