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Politics

Wednesday, May 6, 1998

	TDP will not support an "anti-minority" BJP The Telugu Desam yesterday threatened to withdraw support to the BJP-led coalition at the Centre if it pursued any policy "harming minorities' interests" but asserted that the United Front was not a "viable entity" as reflected by the result of recent Lok Sabha elections.		Stormy days ahead for BJP-Lok Shakti The honeymoon between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Lok Shakti here seems to be ending as the Lok Shakti workers are sore with the BJP's attitude toward them. The Lok Shakti at a meeting held on Monday, has decided to field its own candidate for the coming Assembly by-polls ignoring the alliance it had with the BJP during the Lok Sabha elections.
	Congress is not an alternative to BJP: Surjeet CPM leader Harkishan Singh Surjeet yesterday criticised Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's reported statement that he was willing to join hands with the Congress, and said the Congress was not an alternative to the BJP.		"Independent" Biswal to revamp Orissa party unit The newly appointed Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Hemananda Biswal yesterday struck an independent note by announcing that he would revamp the organisational setup in the party.

Jakhar, Sharad Yadav still in hawala net
Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha and Union Minister for Tourism and Parliamentary Affairs Madan Lal Khurana are among 19 politicians discharged by the Delhi High Court in the Rs 65 crore Jain Hawala case. The court would, however, examine the charges against former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar and Janata Dal President Sharad Yadav.

Reddy is AP Cong unit chief
Keeping other vacant Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president's posts pending, Sonia Gandhi yesterday cleared the appointment of party MP Y S Rajasekhara Reddy as the new Andhra Pradesh PCC chief replacing Mallikarjun whose resignation was sought rather abruptly by the party president.

CBI probe is a witch-hunt, says Mayawati
Congress pulls up Meghe for "coterie" remark
HVC threatens to withdraw support to Dhumal
Bofors paid commission worth $ 30 m, says CBI
Pawar calls for offensive against saffron wave
BJP clamours for reshuffle pie