Thursday, June 11, 1998
Now Jaya wants PM to meddle in Tamil row
Unrelenting on its demand for the dismissal of the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK came up with another demand that the Vajpayee government will find it difficult to concede. J Jayalalitha now wants India to intervene and stop the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Pawar under fire over Mehta
On the eve of the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council, a hidden turbulence prevails in the Congress over the nomination of Arun Mehta, a close aide of Congress leader Sharad Pawar, as an Independent candidate. With the date for withdrawals now over, Pawar rivals realise that in controvention of general party norms Mehta has been allowed to remain in fray with other Congress nominees.
Cong-BJP assembly face-off holds the key to Delhi coup
The abrupt backtracking by the Congress on its adjournment motion against the coalition in Parliament yesterday has revealed that the party is not yet in a position to claim power at the Centre. Instead, the move has shifted the focus to this November's Assembly elections due in three states - Rajasthan, MP and Delhi, which could potentially seal the fate of the Vajpayee Government.
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