Combative PM calls Oppn 'bluff'
In a speech that sounded very much like the launch of the BJP-led alliance's election campaign, a combative Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday attacked the Opposition for the political impasse and called for adoption of the German model of governance.

Divided secular forces help BJP dent Mulayam's hold on Muslims
With secular forces in disarray, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is driving home its advantage and trying to embarrass Mulayam Singh Yadav, who is fighting with his back to the wall in Uttar Pradesh (UP).

TMC rules out alliance with DMK-BJP combine
Tamil Maanila Congress president, G K Moopanar, has ruled out an alliance with the DMK for the coming Lok Sabha elections, if that party continued to have a working relationship with the BJP. Nor would the TMC enter into any electoral understanding with the Congress if the party chose to align with the AIADMK, he declared.

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