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Wednesday, May 13, 1998

	Prosecution of Laloo okayed Bihar Governor S S Bhandari has accorded permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation to prosecute the former chief minister of the state, Laloo Prasad Yadav, in yet another case of the fodder scam. He also sanctioned prosecution of another former chief minister Jagannath Mishra and former Union minister C P Verma.		BJP's nukes hit Congress hard The Pokhran nuclear tests seem to have claimed an unexpected victim in the Capital's political circles: the Congress. The country's main Opposition party is racking its brains without a clue on how to tackle the fallout. The only issue raised by the party so far is the timing of the tests.
	No consensus on exercising nuclear option, says Left The Left parties have taken a critical view of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government's decision to conduct three nuclear tests, saying that there is no national consensus on exercising the nuclear option. The Left parties have demanded that the Vajpayee Government should adhere to the country's nuclear disarmament policies.		"Explosive" gamble may push BJP up popularity charts After being buffeted around for 50 days, the BJP Government, which exploded three underground devices at Pokhran on Monday, demonstrated that it was capable of acting decisively. In a message connoting strength, it signalled to the nation that it was serious about the promises it made in its manifesto and the National Agenda for Governance.

BJP ranks cry foul over Adsad's ouster
Discontent simmers in the rank and file of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Vidarbha over the move to drop two ministers and induct a "non-entity" in the party. This move led to the resignation of Arun Adsad from the chairmanship of the Vidarbha Statutory Development Board a couple of days back.

Cong won't rock BJP Govt, says Arjun Singh
Senior Congress leader Arjun Singh made it clear yesterday that the Congress was not interested in destabilising the BJP government at the Centre. He added that if the BJP government fell under its own weight, the Congress will take the appropriate step then.