Pawar nudges ahead in numbers game
As the fault lines between the Congress and Sharad Pawar group hardened, more than half of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) members in Maharashtra cast their dice with Pawar yesterday.

BJP not to rush into pact with Pawar
Despite their common goal to bar All India Congress Committee President Sonia Gandhi from becoming prime minister, an electoral understanding between the Sena-BJP alliance and expelled Congress leader Sharad Pawar in the forthcoming general elections looks unlikely.

Sonia may attend AICC meet as an `active' party worker
Buckling under intense pressure from party leaders and frenzied workers, Sonia Gandhi is reported to have indicated her inclination to attend the AICC session on May 25 as ``an active Congress worker.''

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