The Indian Express -- Politics

Thursday, December 11 1997

ADMK, Cong tie-up likely

A group of Congress men in Chennai yesterday called for an alliance with the AIADMK in the coming Lok Sabha elections. This comes in the wake of the TNCC president K V Thangkabalu request to all secular parties to support the Congress in the elections.

SP firm on opposing BJP, with or without support from Congress

Undeterred by the rebuff handed out by the other constituents of the United Front in Monday's core committee meeting, the Samajwadi Party is going ahead with its plans to the thwart the designs of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. SP general secretary Amar Singh has reiterated party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's stance that the Congress was a lesser evil than the BJP.

JD toes UF line: Says no pact with Cong

In keeping the strident anti-Congress, anti-BJP line towed by the United Front, the Janata Dal has ruled out any truck, direct or indirect, with the Congress in the forthcoming mid-term polls. This was decided by the party's political affairs committee (PAC), which met in Delhi on Tuesday.

EC for PSU men on poll duty

Advani's recipe for Mathura, Kashi not tempting enough

ADMK, Cong tie-up likely

Rejecting olive branch, Mamata goes saffron

Barred from Bathe, Vajpayee fumes

Parikh minister may withdraw resignation

RJP all for assembly polls

Narasimha Rao down & out, literally

Joshi loses his cool, turns the heat on State bureaucrats

SP firm on opposing BJP, with or without support from Congress

State Council polls

Kanshi ungrateful, says BJP

Farooq one-up as opponents still fiddle over election ploys

Battered Janata Dal turns to Laloo

JD toes UF line