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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States 24 February 1998   Gujral running away from President on Bhandari issue While President K R Narayanan is learnt to have strongly expressed to the Prime Minister his unhappiness with Romesh Bhandari's functioning, I K Gujral has washed his hands off the whole affair. The President is awaiting the advice of the Prime Minister on the continuation of Bhandari as the governor of Uttar Pradesh.   Battle won, BJP readies for war Atal Behari Vajpayee broke his two-day fast this evening, saying, "Our stand has been vindicated" after the Allahabad High Court reinstated Kalyan Singh as Chief Minister. The BJP has made it clear that it will continue to agitate for the dismissal of UP Governor Romesh Bhandari. EC orders repoll in Bihar and UP The Election Commission on Monday ordered repoll in 327 polling stations in Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. This was following large-scale complaints of booth capturing. He further announced that a repoll in the Patna constituency would be conducted on March 30. Keshubhai is king in Saurashtra The Saurashtrian population spread in Varachha, Lambe Hanuman Road and Katargam almost worship former chief minister Keshubhai Patel. Though the Saurashtrians Patels have settled in Surat for decades they still regard Patel as their leader.   Kalmadi on round-the-clock drive to appease SC STs Kalmadi has been following a punishing schedule during the last phase of his election campaign, targeting those sections whose votes are most likely to be taken for granted by his rival Congressmen. On Sunday, Kalmadi accompanied by former Congress leader B P Maurya, will address rallies of various communities considered traditional Congress vote banks. Pawar prefers fresh polls over defections Flush from the success of the Congress's Sunday rally at Shivaji Park Sharad Pawar on Monday announced that his party would prefer to seek a fresh mandate from the people rather than raid other parties to form the next government in Maharashtra. He further added that the Congress was not interested in breaking parties like the BJP.     HC reinstates Kalyan, but the farce is on   Kalyan was removed to help one man   SS-BJP to review campaign strategy   Antulay had ties with TADA accused   Deshmukh predicts fall of govt in state   Polling up in State   Mumbling Maratha begins to roar   Want to vote? Come as 30-yr-old Maya or 19-yr-old Tsoinou   Meanwhile, in...   NC fights Mufti's dream, Dar's revenge in Anantnag   Girl next door is Basu's biggest challenger   Congress promises sops for minorities   Swaraj ridicules Pawar's fawning over Sonia factor   BJP dares Pawar to dislodge Govt   Missing stars take shine out of Delhi CM's meet   Polls divide lepers' colony   Low turnout zone set for a triangular battle