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Sunday, April 19, 1998
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`Performance of the Sena-BJP govt has not been up to the mark'
Manohar Gajanan Joshi, 61, has completed three years as Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Joshi is the first to do so after after Vasantrao Naik but the distinction came wrapped in disaster. His avalanche of troubles began with mentor Bal Thackeray publicly criticising the Government's functioning and Joshi's soft-corner for Sharad Pawar.
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The RSS's natural choice
Nothing characterises Kushabhau Thakre's measured approach to life than the comment he made to this paper recently. "I understand my limitations," he admits, "But I am sure that I will be able to fulfil my responsibilities with the help of other leaders. After all, we thrive on the concept of collective leadership."
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His second innings
After a long stint in political wilderness, Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) Party is undergoing a massive restructuring process. Though Khan is very enthusiastic about repackaging his party, there are a host of problems that haunt the party which never really took off. "We have learnt a lot of lessons from 1997," concedes Imran Khan, but is reluctant to share his new-found wisdom, at least for the time being.
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Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
Now that we have two BJPs, it's all very confusing. There was, as we know, an Old BJP. It spoke a familiar language and, in case we didn't quite understand what it stood for, went on to pull down a mosque or two just to make things clearer. Then we were reliably informed that there is this spanking new model, the New BJP, that speaks a wonderfully evolved new language full of gentle-on-the-mind words.
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