Mamata rejects PM's invite to join House
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday requested Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee to join the current session of the Lok Sabha and assured her that a team comprising MPs from the BJP and its allies would be sent to West Bengal. Mamata however stuck to her stand on Trinamool's support to the Centre and its boycott of the Lok Sabha. She also expressed her inability to accept the Prime Minister's invitation to visit Delhi for discussions due to some "pre-occupations".

RJD accuses Bihar Governor of politicking
Bihar Governor Sundersingh Bhandari is going the Romesh Bhandari way, if accusations of the Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) are to be believed. Bhandari has been criticised for declaring that law and order in the state was "grave". RJD working committee member Kamalnath Singh Thakur yesterday faxed a message to the Election Commission of India asking it to stop the Governor from indulging in party and electoral politics.

SP-BSP, BJP on seat's edge as campaigning ends; D-day nears
The low key campaigning in the seven Assembly constituencies going to the by-elections in Uttar Pradesh on June 3 next, came to an end yesterday with different political leaders making last minute efforts to woo the electorate. The blistering heat during last ten days, however, dampened the spirit of the party workers for organising "big election meetings" with senior party leaders preferred to visit their respective constituencies only "once".

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