Tuesday, April 27, 1999
Polls will be tough game for Cong
As political parties get into the election mode, the Congress in Maharashtra is faced with a unique dilemma: how does it repeat the success of 1998 -- 37 out of the 48 seats -- without the alliance formula that helped it stage a victorious comeback last year.
BJP could have garnered the numbers but preferred polls
If the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, opted for a snap poll instead of supporting Jyoti Basu for the Prime Minister's post, the BJP leadership also decided not to make any effort to win over individual MPs or smaller parties to add to its tally of supporters.
Left, Cong hurt us - Karunanidhi
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi says AIADMK leader J Jayalalitha withdrew her party's support to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government as she was angry with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for refusing to dismiss the DMK Government in Tamil Nadu.
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