
Friday, June 11, 1999
Pawar show begins with a bang
Sharad Pawar realised a part of his political dream today. Formally elected president of the Nationalist Congress Party minutes before the clock struck 11 am, he bid his final goodbye to the party that expelled him last month and set out a new agenda for himself and the NCP.

BJP plans to set up shop in J&K
The Bharatiya Janata Party has no postal address in Kashmir. All the letters addressed as c/o BJP office, Srinagar will finally land at the Returned Letter Office. Reason: there is no office of the party in Srinagar as yet.

Post-Pawar Sonia resurrects Rao
That Sonia Gandhi is serious about rehabilitating P V Narasimha Rao was confirmed today when just two days after she visited the former prime minister, she sent Shivraj Patil to him, apparently to consult him on the Congress manifesto.

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