Monday, February 22, 1999
Budget session -- Allies, Oppn to haul Govt over the coals
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government will face its severest-ever test yet during the three-month Budget session of Parliament starting Monday when it tries to volley back assualts not only from the Opposition but also from parties friendly to it.
Set to strike the right chord, Sonia takes on UP
Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday provided the much-needed moral booster to party leaders attempting to regain old political status in the Hindi heartland by indicating that the party was now ready to occupy the secular space in the region.
BJP rules out change of guard at Centre
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary M Venkaiah Naidu has ruled out the possibility of any change in the leadership of Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and denied reports that there was a tussle between the hardliners and moderates in the party.
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