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Election it is! - TVR Shenoy
- rediff on the net
- April 23, 1999
>>> Does anyone remember the aftermath of the first vote of
confidence put before the Lok Sabha by Atal Bihari
Vajpayee? After the prime minister declared he was
setting out to Rashtrapati Bhavan to offer his
resignation, the Opposition benches poured out into the
...
Where was Sonia when India was at war? And after Mrs Gandhi lost in 1977? - Kanchan Gupta
- Rediff on the Net
- April 23, 1999
>>> It was interesting to read Professor Ashutosh Varshney's
thoughts on the question whether Sonia Gandhi nee Maino
is Indian. And it was amusing to note how ill-informed
he is about citizenship laws, as well as electoral laws,
of not only India but also the United States of America.
Vajpayee re-elected leader of BJP parliamentary party - UNI
- Indian Express
- April 23, 1999
>>> The BJP and its allies on Friday
re-elected Atal Bihari Vajpayee as
leader of their parliamentary party
claiming they are very much in the
"field" for forming a new government.
The President can halt the politics of cynicism - Kanchan Gupta
- Rediff on the Net
- April 21, 1999
>>> There is great rejoicing in the anti-BJP camp over the
fall of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government. Fawning
sycophancy -- or what Nirad C Chaudhuri eloquently
described as one of the two characteristics of a true
Congresswallah, 'depthless cowardice before power,' the
...
President can invite Vajpayee again, say constitutional experts - Syed Firdaus Ashraf
- Rediff on the Net
- April 22, 1999
>>>
President K R Narayanan can invite the Bharatiya Janata
Party-led coalition a second time to form the government
if the Congress or any other party fails to provide an
alternative to overcome the current political impasse,
...
Sonia's plan goes to pieces - George Iype
- Rediff on the Net
- April 22, 1999
>>>Four days after they unitedly brought down the Atal Bihari Vajpayee
government, a divided Opposition led by the Congress began fighting over
the shape of the alternative government at the Centre.
On Wednesday, an ebullient Congress president Sonia Gandhi met President K
...
Home rule not Rome rule, Mr President - A Surya Prakash
- The Pioneer
- April 22, 1999
>>> The American Constitution stipulates that only natural born
citizens and those who have been resident in America for 14
years prior to his or her nomination are eligible to the
office of President. The Singapore Constitution says that
"a person who is not a citizen of Singapore born in Malaya
...
BJP Yatra draws huge crowds - M Gautham Machaiah
- Times of India
- April 22, 1999
>>>BANGALORE: Perhaps riding on a sympathy wave
triggered by the toppling of the Vajpayee
government, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Sankalp
Yatra in rural Karnataka on Tuesday drew large
crowds. Capitalising on this, the party leaders
...
BJP submits list of 270 MPs to President - UNI
- Rediff on the Net
- April 21, 1999
>>> The Bharatiya Janata [E-Mail this report to a friend]
Party and its alliance
partners today submitted a list of 270 members of
Parliament to President K R Narayanan, pledging full
support to the leadership of caretaker Prime Minister
...
Await, Atal's third term - Sudheender Kulkarni
- Outlook
- April 26, 1999
>>>The Atal Behari Vajpayee who came out of the Lok Sabha on the afternoon of
Saturday, on his way to Rashtrapati Bhavan to tender his resignation, was
the man who had won a moral victory that came in the guise of a manipulated
defeat. And what a massive manipulative operation it was, from beginning to
end.
BJP focussing on increasing votes beyond 270
BJP sets off counter moves to thwart Cong gameplan - Political Bureau
- Times of India
- April 20, 1999
>>> NEW DELHI 19 APRIL
WITH the Congress initiating moves to enlist
support for a party-led government at the
Centre, the BJP has put into motion countermoves for thwarting its bid to poach on the
e
...
Jethmalani advises Vajpayee to dissolve Lok Sabha
Muslims can change the destiny of Governments, so can the President of India - Kanchan Gupta
- Rediff on the Net
- April 19, 1999
>>>ìThe role played by some distinguished members of Parliament amply
demonstrates that minorities (read Muslims) can, if they are determined,
change the destiny of GovernmentsÖ We have before us the Congress
presidentís intensified programme for minorities issued this year in
February and will be eagerly looking forward to its translation into
...
Brickbats for Gamang, sympathy for Vajpayee - Rajaram Satapathy
- The Times of India
- April 19, 1999
>>> BHUBANESWAR: `` Orissa has been put to shame,''
said Saroj Ranjan Sahoo, a Bhubaneswar- based
businessman, in the aftermath of the BJP
coalition's downfall. Mr Sahoo's was not the lone
voice as the state witnessed a virtual outpouring
...
Opposition should provide list of 272 MPs: BJP, allies
BJP still in the race: Mahajan - Special Correspondent
- The Hindu
- April 19, 1999
>>> NEW DELHI, APRIL 18. The BJP today gave a clear signal that it
was still in the race and that it was in the mood to stake its
claim to lead a government once again in the event of no
formation being able to notch up the assured support of more
than 270 MPs.
Vajpayee should be reinstalled if opposition fails to show 271 MPs: Farnandes - Special Correspondent
- The Hindu
- April 19, 1999
>>> NEW DELHI, APRIL 18. The Defence Minister and Samata Party
leader, Mr. George Fernandes, quoted Italian precedents and
said today that the President should ask the Prime Minister,
Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, to form the Government and swear him
in again.
BJP, allies haven't given up - Shubhangi Khapre / New Delhi
- The Pioneer
- April 19, 1999
>>> The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) carried its war of nerves
into the Opposition camp with its alliance partners
planning to submit letters to President K R Narayanan
impressing upon him that no one should be invited to form
the government without the written support of at least 271
...
Mr President, you asked for it - S Sahay
- The Pioneer
- April 19, 1999
>>> By asking Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee to seek a vote of
confidence, President K R Narayanan may not have fully
realised the consequences for himself.
Admittedly, how the President should act in the formation
...
With Chautala in the bag, BJP hunts for independents
Jaya wrong in withdrawing support to BJP govt: Survey
India's most despised politician - T V R Shenoy
- Rediff on the Net
- April 16, 1999
>>> Vinaash-kaale vipreet buddhi!" Jayaprakash Narayan
sighed as Indira Gandhi's minions dragged him to jail.
But Indira Gandhi possessed the capacity to learn from
errors. She spent the wilderness years of 1977 to 1980
getting back in touch with the electorate, all those
...
Government looks set to weather the storm - Amberish K Diwanji in
- Rediff on the Net
- April 16, 1999
>>> With the confirmed support of the Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam's six members in the Lok Sabha and the Indian
National Lok Dal's four, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led
coalition government is on a strong wicket. In fact, it
does not even need the favourable votes of the Tamil
...
Stop negative politics, Advani tells Congress - UNI
- rediff on the Net
- April 15, 1999
>>> Union Home Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani
today asked the Congress to stop "negative politics"
claiming it was dangerous for the country. He said he
hoped the party would stick to its Pachmarhi resolution
and not to go in for any coalition arrangement at the
...
Government has the edge in the numbers game
Why, my beloved country? - Saisuresh Sivaswamy
- Rediff on the Net
- April 13, 1999
>>> The current goings-on in New Delhi are beyond the
wildest imagination of the worst cynic, the biggest
sceptic among all of humanity. That power corrupts and
absolute power corrupts absolutely are axioms too well
known to bear repetition, but surely one could be
...
O, there it is, again - Editorial
- Indian Express
- April 12, 1999
>>> They are back, ready to intervene, eager to
redeem. They are India's self-chosen nation
builders-cum-national clairvoyants. There is
a crisis, and a funeral fragrance is wafting
through the corridors of powerlessness, and
...
The flip-flop commissar - Kanchan Gupta
- Rediff on the Net
- April 12, 1999
>>> It is strange how the meanings of words which constitute
India's political vocabulary change, depending on which
party is using them. If the Bharatiya Janata Party is
trying to save its government from being hijacked by a
crummy bunch of politicians tired of sitting on the
...
Vajpayee's Agni launch statement
Agni-II successfully test-fired - UNI
- Rediff on the Net
- April 11, 1999
>>> At 0947 hours IST, the Agni-II missile was
successfully launched.
Releasing the news, Minister for Information and
Broadcasting Pramod Mahajan said that as per the Lahore
...
PM readies to take on opposition - Mahendra Ved
- Times of India
- April 12, 1999
>>> NEW DELHI: With the successful test-launch of
Agni-II on Sunday, coming precisely 11 months
after the nuclear tests, the Atal Behari Vajpayee
government has clearly braced itself to meet the
political challenge from within and outside the
...
Welcome, chaos - Varsha Bhonsle
- Rediff on the Net
- April 12, 1999
>>> It is a nice sunny day in Mumbai. Not yet sultry. The
March flowers have begun to wilt. We prepare for another
dark-skinned summer. I gaze at my window. It's amazing
-- the shade of green of the new leaves that sprout from
the waking branches of the gulmohur that sways like a
...
PM flays Cong for unprincipled politics - Pioneer News Service / Ahmedabad
- The Pioneer
- April 10, 1999
>>> Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee lashed out at the
unprincipled politics of the Congress charging it with
attempting to destablise his government while Home Minister
L.K. Advani was hopeful that despite the efforts it would
survive."self-styled prophets of doom have been predicting
...
Netizens frown on Jaya's moves - Staff reporter
- Times of India
- April 9, 1999
>>> Eighty-nine per cent of those clicking on to the
"Indiatimes Poll" on Internet last Saturday
(April 3) responded `No' to the question of the
day: "Is Jayalalitha justified in her approach
towards the BJP-led government?" Only 9 per cent
...
Congress gets more trouble than it had bargained for - Amberish K Diwanji
- Rediff on the Net
- April 7, 1999
>>> Just as James Bond preferred his martinis "shaken, not
stirred", the Congress seems to prefer the Bharatiya
Janata Party-led coalition government down, not out.
With events moving fast over the last week, the Congress
...
A Silly Season: April is the cruellest month. - Pritish Nandy
- Rediff on the Net
- April 7, 1999
>>> No one quite knows whether the Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Government will survive the coming session of Parliament
or not. While J Jayalalitha keeps everyone guessing as
to why she has suddenly decided to pull the rug from
under Vajpayee's feet, no one is convinced that the
...
Contrary to what Sonia and Jaya say Bhagwat is no hero. - Tavleen Singh
- India Today
- April 12, 1999
>>> Few things in our politically troubled times
have shocked me more deeply than the amorality
and irresponsibility with which Sonia Gandhi
and her new best friend, Jayalalitha Jayaram,
have been demanding that a joint parliamentary
...
BJP avoids AIADMK, targets Congress - Shobha Warrier
- Rediff on the Net
- April 7, 1999
>>> Is the Bharatiya Janata Party still expecting All-India
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary J
Jayalalitha to patch up? A section of the party at least
appears to be hoping for such a miracle. Why else would
general secretary M Venkaiah Naidu blame the Congress
...
The great wall of Chennai - Varsha Bhosle
- Rediff on the Net
- April 6, 1999
>>> By the time this column hits the ether, you'll have read
everything there's to read on the latest power-play by
Jayaram Jayalalitha. At the time of writing, headlines
run the gamut from "AIADMK moots new alliances" to
"Congress Ready To Form Government." It's obvious:
...
Of A Grotesque Hunk & Vishnu Bhagwat's Fantasies - Arvind Lavakare
- Rediff on the Net
- April 6, 1999
>>> All she really is a grotesque hunk of flesh, remnant of
an ex-heroine of the Tamil screen who, via an
intriguingly intimate relationship with the idolised
hero, became his successor as Tamil Nadu's chief
minister, lorded over the state's people and the press
...
BJP steals a march over Cong.(I) in Goa
BJP undaunted by AIADMK threat: Venkaiah Naidu - Special Correspondent
- The Hindu
- April 6, 1999
>>> HYDERABAD, April 5.
Far from cowering at the prospect of losing power, the BJP-led
coalition at the Centre wants to convert the challenge posed
by its ally, the AIADMK, into an ``opportunity as in Bihar''.
Govt is more stable now, says Vajpayee - Posted By Dinesh Agrawal - Gomantak Times
- April 5, 1999
>>> PANAJI: " The Bharatiya Janata Party is growing
rapidly and the government is more stable now than
ever before" said Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
in his valedictory remarks at the party's national
executive meet which concluded at Dona Paula here
...
Wake up and smell the coffee - Kanchan
- The Rediff on the Net
- April 5, 1999
>>> Each morning at my office in Lutyen's Delhi, cocooned
from the rest of the world, I read the daily newspapers
to keep track of politics at home and abroad. Most of
the analysts and commentators are known faces -- one
meets them at the most expected (Press Club) and
...
Terrorsim contained in J & K: Advani - Special Correspondent
- The Hindu
- April 5, 1999
>>> PANAJI, April 4.
The Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani, has said that
containing the menace of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir was
one of the signal achievements of the BJP-led Government at
...
PM dares 'topple doctors'
Ministers hopeful of Cong topple plans going awry - Shekhar Iyer
- Hindustan Times
- April 5, 1999
>>> A majority of the BJP Ministers today discounted the
possibility of the Government collapsing immediately on the
Bhagwat issue, saying that the Congress plans could go awry.
Sharing the perception of Prime Ministers Atal Behari
...
Govt can weather Jaya storm: PM - Shekhar Iyer
- Hindustan Times
- April 5, 1999
>>> PRIME MINISTER Atal Bihari Vajpayee today firmly turned down
AIADMK chief Jayalalitha's conditions for continuing support
and prepared the government and his party to face a test of
strength in the Lok Sabha.
...
Fernandes rules out resignation, fires fresh salvo at Bhagwat - UNI
- Newsline
- April 4, 1999
>>>Defence Minister George Fernandes has ruled out resigning on the Bhagwat
issue saying the Prime Minister has categorically backed him even as he
fired a fresh salvo at the sacked Naval chief charging him with violating
the Naval Act, lying to the
...
RSS mission to cleanse lies of history - Chandrima Bhattacharya
- The Telegraph
- April 3, 1999
>>>All you who thought that Aryans were a band of blue-eyed, light-skinned
marauders from some distant cold clime sit up and take notice.
For it is a lie invented by the British to justify their own subjugation of
India.
Aryans were actually home-grown products who spilled out of India to spread
...
BJP blamed English press for negative publicity - P Dev Kumar
- Daily Excelsior
- Apr 02, 1999
>>>PANAJI, Apr 1: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Kushabhau Thakre today
cautioned the Sangh Parivar not to advise others unless called for.
He quoted the much abused proverb: always consult others. But do not advise
unless called for.
This is how he dismissed the Sangh Parivar’s criticism over the BJP-led
...
Some spine, at last - Editorial
- The Hindustan Times
- Apr 02, 1999
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party has at last picked up the gauntlet thrown down by
Ms Jayalalitha repeatedly in the past one year. It is an if of history to
speculate whether such an act of daring should have come nine or ten months
ago.
True, Mr Vajpayee today feels more safe with himself and secure with his
...
RSS wages paper war on missionaries activities - Kay Benedict
- The Telegraph
- April 2, 1999
>>>Eleven years from now, the entire population of nine crore in Bihar will be
converted to Christianity.
That is the claim put forward by a booklet in English published by Hindu
Manch, Ajmeri Gate, New Delhi and distributed house-to-house in several
localities of the Capital. Another four-page Hindi pamphlet without a
...
PM calls for truce with Jaya - Shekhar Iyer
- Hindustan Times
- April 2, 1999
>>> Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today prevailed on
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders to avoid confrontation with
AIADMK chief Jayalalitha. The three-day national executive
of the party opened by praising his leadership and heaping
scorn on the Congress for its "desperate hunt for power".
BJP accuses Cong of shielding Dara Singh - Pioneer News Service / Bhubaneswar
- The Pioneer
- April 3, 1999
>>> Following the killing of Australian missionary Graham
Staines and his two sons in January, the Congress had
launched an offensive against the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP), accusing the party of fanning communalism and
shielding fanatics. Now, it is the other way round with the
...
A mad-hatter's tea-party - Aarti Dwarkadas
- The Pioneer
- April 1, 1999
>>> I was obviously in the wrong place at the
wrong time for the wrong reason. But I wasn't alone in
that. Keeping me company were the teeming multitudes of
the Delhi media corps. They were there in all their
(dubious) glory, armed with their boom-mikes and cameras
...
Cong trying to rock Govt: Thakre - Pioneer News Service / Panaji
- The Pioneer
- April 3, 1999
>>> The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive on
Friday trained its guns on the Congress for "destabilising"
the Government, while noting the "considerable improvement"
in coordination between the party and Government since the
last executive meet in Bangalore, which had exposed
...
PIO card scheme launched
BJP, allies criticise Jayalalitha's demands - Special Correspondent
- The Hindu
- April 1, 1999
>>> NEW DELHI, March 31.
The BJP and its allies have decided to take on the AIADMK
chief, Ms. J. Jayalalitha, head on after she upped the stakes
on the Bhagwat issue and hobnobbed with the Congress(I)
...
Congress at odds with the first citizen's constitutional opinion - Nalini Singh
- Daily Excelsior
- Mar 30, 1999
>>>A new meaning has been added to Bihar's bulging dictionary of pain. It
would seem that its sufferings have no end. The ancient cradle of Indian
democracy, learning, and civic consciousness, is today a travesty of our
tryst with destiny. Bihar is the penultimate example of India's rupture
with its own soul. That is why the social fabric is most savagely
...
Mamata gave clean chit to Fernandes - Agencies
- Times of India
- April 1, 1999
>>> NEW DELHI: Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata
Banerjee on Wednesday gave a clean chit to
defence minister George Fernandes and said ``Mr
Fernandes is just a pretext, the aim is something
else.''
...
I will expose Guruswamy, says Jethmalani - Express News Service
- Indian Express
- April 1, 1999
>>> BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 31: Taking swipes at the
Opposition for muckraking on the Bhagwat issue
and the Guruswamy issue, Union Minister for
Urban Development Ram Jethmalani on Wednesday
said that he will expose the `honourable
...
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