EC prepares for polls
With political developments leaving the Congress very little room to manoeuvre and the spectre of election looming on the horizon, the focus is shifting to Nirvachan Sadan, headquarters of the Election Commission for the next move.

BJP invokes Italian precedent for Vajpayee's comeback
Encouraged by Mulayam Singh Yadav's refusal to back a Congress bid to form the next Government, the BJP has stepped up pressure for its re-installation.

Shekhar, Gowda, Swamy in the reckoning
With Sonia Gandhi virtually reporting her failure to the President to form a government and also keen to avoid a snap poll, the Congress president is seriously considering to lend outside support to any person of secular parties for the post of the prime minister.

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