Thursday, November 26, 1998
Exit polls announce Congress comeback
The Congress is on the comeback trail -- if the exit polls are to be believed. Even though the Prime Minister said today that a mid-term poll cannot be ruled out, the first casualty may not be the Vajpayee government at the Centre but the state governments in Maharashtra and maybe even in Uttar Pradesh.
PM talks snap polls, BJP gears up for fire-fighting
The BJP is gearing up for some serious fire-fighting on two fronts : within the party and with its allies. As this evening's exit polls revealed the voting trends of the assembly election in four states, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee made a startling admission : The possibility of a mid-term poll after the results were announced could not be ruled out, he said.
Sena chief obsessed with Maharashtra, says VHP
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) General Secretary Giriraj Kishore today criticised Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray for, what he alleged, ``seeing everything with Maharasthra angle''.
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