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Tuesday, May 26, 1998

	RJD front to see BJP's back Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo and former chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav yesterday said his party was planning to forge a new political front to pull down the BJP-led coalition government at the Centre if it did not give up its "jingoistic" stand on the nuclear tests.		Cong, CPI assail VHP for move on Ayodhya Congress and the CPI yesterday accused the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) of "clandestinely" preparing to build a Ram temple at Ayodhya. The move was aimed at diverting public attention from its failures on the governance front, Congress spokesman Salman Khursheed said.
	Talks with the Home Ministry amindless chatter: Bodo chiefs The refreshments provided by the Home Ministry were delicious but the talks turned out to be "mindless chatter". This is how Bodo leaders described today's meeting with the Home Ministry on sorting out the Bodoland problem. Meant to be two-day tripartite talks - as the Ministry's invitation conveyed through Assam Government to various Bodo outfits said - the four-hour meeting at North Block served only to harden the non-compromising stand of the parties concerned.		Farooq goes all out to ensure win in Leh seat The ruling National Conference is making a desperate attempt to wrest the Leh Lok Sabha seat to break-even its performance in the Lok Sabha elections from the state. The party had won two seats equalling the performance of the BJP, while the Congress had won one, of the six seats from the sensitive state.

Stir for new districts on in Madhya Pradesh
While curfew continued in Manendragarh in Surguja district, the police used teargas shells and lathi charge to chase a mob of about 500 persons which tried to storm the circuit house at Kawardha in Rajnandgaon district yesterday where Minister of Scheduled Castes Welfare Dhanesh Patila was holding a meeting of the district officials.

PM tries to smooth Opposition feathers ruffled by N-blasts
In an attempt to pre-empt the plans to corner the Government on the recent nuclear blasts, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee yesterday met leaders of various Opposition parties to explain the various aspects of its decision. The ostensible reason for Vajpayee's meeting with these leaders was to finalise the agenda for the Parliament's budget session which begins on Wednesday.

Tohra was falsely implicated, says Chandumajra
RPI votes to stay with Cong in by-poll
Cong off the mark; bickering slows SS-BJP
Shabir Shah launches new political front
Row over Tohra's Nirankari visit gets tangled
Jaya opposes Bill on power ordinance
Cong wont bash Govt on N-tests in House
Protest march against Mayawati's arrest