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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States 27 January 1998   Assam Governor seeks more proof from CBI Raj Bhavan has expressed its dissatisfaction over the reply furnished by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to substantiate its charges alleging Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta's involvement in the multi-crore Letters of Credit (LoC) scam. A Raj Bhavan statement claimed the CBI's reply was inadequate to convince Governor S K Sinha to accord sanction for carrying out investigations against Mahanta.   `Sixth Coming' tough for Vijayabhaskar Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy is facing the toughest election of his long and chequered political career. The 78-year-old Congress leader is pitted against arch rival KE Krishnamurthy of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), who is doing everything to upset Reddy in the constituency which sent him to the Lok Sabha five times. Bumpy road ahead for the BJP in Gujarat tribal district Everything is fair in love, war and yes, in politics too. Anything for a vote, to woo the electorate...at least, that is the unspoken rule that every political party follows without fail, every time elections loom large on the horizon. Following this for the first time in the history of tribal area Dahod in Panchmahal in Gujarat, the saffron brigade has been spotted making determined overtures to the tribals. So much so that vehicles of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) hardliners' can be seen sputtering through the bumpy tracks in the district. Congress should apologise for other sins too, says BJP Calling the Congress election manifesto with its apology for the Babri mosque demolition a "document of desperation," the BJP yesterday said that it felt surprised as to why the party had not expressed regrets for its other "sins." Madan Lal Khurana said that if the Congress was so much concerned about the minorities why hadn't it offered an apology for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in which so many innocents had lost their lives and property.   UF leaders stick to anti-Congress stance The United Front yesterday refused to commit itself to co-operating with the Congress in the formation of a non-BJP government at the Centre after the elections. Front leaders, Harkishen Singh Surjeet, AB Bardhan and Ram Vilas Paswan, maintained at a conference in New Delhi that their coalition would be in a position to form a government on its own. Women groups to field independent candidate Unhappy with the low numbers of female candidates who figure on political party lists, women organisations have unanimously decided to back an independent woman candidate in Delhi. back an independent woman candidate in Delhi. Ranjana Kumari, Director of Centre for Social Research, was selected as the candidate at a meeting organised by the National Committee for Women.     Gujarat Congress may break off electoral alliance with RJP   Sonia won't affect BJP chances   Khalap sure UF will come to power   Nandurbar show makes Sonia a star, alters script   Women's groups to field their own candidate for Delhi seat   BJP lines up leaders, friends   Don't just stand outside, join the Govt, UF tells prospective allies   Rao made a scapegoat, says Mahajan   Sonia regrets storming of Golden Temple by army   Ticket-seekers desert Kesri   Saffron surge discolours red in CPI's birthplace Kanpur   Cong pact with Ajit Singh in UP   Now, Congress to contest 22 seats in Bihar   Tough fight awaits Congress, Sena-BJP in Marathwada   Recall EC man, demands Kalyan   Andhra YC men go on rampage over ticket allotment   Piqued TN Janata Dal bids adieu to Front   Dhule show makes Sonia a star, alters script   Congress gets brickbats for Bhagat's return   1501 polling booths set up in Kharar