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Over 6,000 RJP men quit in Vadodara
The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) has suffered a severe setback with over 6,000 members resigning from the party in Vadodara district to protest against tickets to new faces in Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Kodarsinh Raulji, the chief of Savli taluka has placed the entire blame of the mass resignation, on Rajendrasinh Rathod, chairman of the Vadodara Urban Development Authority (VUDA), and Hemchandra Bochare, chairman of the Gujarat Power Corporation (GPCL).
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Vajpayee takes a swipe at Cong
The BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Atal Bihari Vajpayee has alleged that the Congress withdrew support to Gujral Government as it feared that those who received kickbacks in the Bofors gun deal would be revealed. According to Vajpayee, if Gujral would have remained in power for some more time, Congress would have been thoroughly exposed in the Bofors deal.
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Deve Gowda desperately seeks sympathy in Vokkaliga heartland
The former prime minister Deve Gowda is currently involved in invoking Kannada pride and to drive home the point that he has been wronged. His main contention is that he has been wronged not only by "Mir Sadiq" Sitaram Kesri alone but also by those of the likes of his perennial tormentor Ramakrishna Hegde. The former Prime Minister is now selling himself as the son of the soil whose work for Karnataka has not got the acknowledgement that it deserves. The attempt is clearly to play on emotions and evoke sympathy.
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Cong nominee implicated in Karnataka dam case
Former Union minister and Congress candidate from Bagalkot Lok Sabha seat Siddu Nyamagouda is currently facing charges of cheating the Government in a Rs 55 lakh barrage (dam) case. Siddu, presently out on a bail, is likely to undergo punishment for not utilising Rs 55 lakh for the purpose the funds were sanctioned for by the Centre.
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