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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States 21 February 1998   EC orders fresh polling in Patna Following large-scale booth-capturing and election malpractices, the Election Commission has ordered fresh polls in the entire Patna Lok Sabha constituency on the eve of the second phase of voting in 185 seats in 12 states. The commission has also deferred repoll in 584 booths of nine constituencies of Bihar scheduled for February 24.   Shoot orders in Mulayam territory A shoot-at-sight order was issued and para-military forces and police staged a flag march in Sambhal yesterday, from where Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is contesting the February 22 Lok Sabha poll, to check possible outbreak of violence. The constituency, where the Defence Minister is pitted against his former close associate D P Yadav of Jantantrik BSP, has been declared as "super sensitive" in view of reports of tension. Sonia lacks accountability: BJP Continuing his tirade against Congress' main campaigner Sonia Gandhi, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Atal Behari Vajpayee has accused her of wielding unbridled power without accountability. Calling it a manifestation of a trend which was not in the interest of either the country or the Congress. Kesri sticks to charge on RSS hand in blasts The controversy over Sitaram Kesri's remarks suspecting RSS hand in the serial bomb blasts in Coimbatore took a new turn yesterday with the Congress president sticking to the charge and dismissing reports of his having backtracked on the issue. "I have not denied whatever I had said...RSS has come to court after a long time. This is what we wanted. Now everything will come out in the open", Kesri said.   Beware of religion-based politics: Sonia Congress campaigner Sonia Gandhi has cautioned people against politics based on caste and religion being preached by some parties which she said had posed serious threat to the country. Addressing impressive election meetings at Saharsa, Madhubani and Maharajganj, Bihar during her fourth and final leg of electioneering in Bihar, Gandhi said, "the politics of caste and religion has posed serious threat to our country." Police in hot pursuit of Laloo's kin The Election Commission's guidelines seem to have finally cornered Sadhu Yadav, the all powerful brother-in-law of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Laloo Prasad Yadav. With Gopalganj police officials chasing him with an arrest warrant for allegedly slapping a police officer on duty, even a phone call from the Chief Minister's residence has failed to deter the determined cops.     President's comments send corruption cases back to cold storage   PM finds Karnataka not exactly Punjab   Thackeray's Sonia tirade in bad taste   Set back for Mahanta as minister quits   Fragrance of spirits, memories surround healer of Muslim politics   Pawar, Kalmadi take power play to sports fields   Mamata blames CPI, Cong for attack on her   5 mins of your time and their rhetoric   Rival candidates battle over common agenda   Politicians come to blows on TV show   Dhule to see the fight of ex-officials   Campaigning ends in 24 State constituencies   Pilot grounded in MP by chacha Kesri   Jaya's changed, but it's only her dress, says Moopanar   Antony for tie-up with pro-Cong parties in UF   Ex-Sainik steals Thackeray's thunder   Rebels lay siege to migratory Munshi's nest   Cong to carry on eco reforms