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- Asian Age
- Overseas Friends boost BJP by email blitz - Ashish Kumar Sen - September 4, 1999
>>>San Francisco: Various groups affiliated to the BJP,Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishadhave been busy drumming up support for Prime MinisterAtal Behari Vajpayee as India prepares to go to thepolls this weekend......
- Daily Excelsior
- Wild Allegations - Editorial - September 01, 1999
>>>As the election day approaches nearer, Congress Party has started indulgingin wildest possible allegations against the Vajpayee Government. This timeround, the latest is that sugar imports from Pakistan involves scandalousaffair in PMO's office which has resulted in siphoning of about Rs. 900crore. PMO office has already clarified the correct position that import of.....
- US will coordinate counter-terrorism measures with Delhi - B L Kak - September 23, 1999
>>>NEW DELHI, Sept 22:Osama Bin Afghanistan-based fugitive terrorist,Laden, andhis highly motivated Islamic "warriors" have compelled Washington toeffect ashift in its attitude towards the question of international.....
- India Connect
- Not an abberation, but the theme - Arun Shourie - September 7, 1999
>>>"The Congress is like Ravana," The Hindustan Times of 2 September, 1999,reported Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi saying, "and they have unleashed Sonia, theSurpnakha (Ravana's sister who was humiliated by Lakshman) on the country."That in a box-item at the very top of page 1, under the heading, "Below thebelt." The source? The Asian Age, reported The Hindustan Times......
- Annexation through technicalities - Arun Shourie - September 13, 1999
>>>The day I entered Indiraji's household I became an Indian, the rest is justtechnical -- that is Sonia Gandhi's latest explanation for not havingacquired Indian citizenship till fourteen years after her marriage to RajivGandhi.First the facts. Surya Prakash, the Consulting Editor of The Pioneer, has.....
- To the bitter end - Arun Shourie - September 21, 1999
>>>"Congress insists PM ignored I-B reports on Kargil," ran the six columnheading of The Indian Express on 16 September. Other papers too gave muchprominence to the allegation. This time the Congress spokesman had used ashis peg a front-page story in The Tribune of that morning about a "strategybackgrounder" which the paper said the Army had prepared and circulated......
- Pocket Edition - Arun Shourie - September 27, 1999
>>>"Not one paisa has been taken from the Trust," declared the Congressspokesman with a show of righteous indignation. He was declaiming on theIndira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. But the charge had beenaltogether different -- that the Trust had been a Government-trust, that ithad received Rs. 134 crores of Government money and 23 acres of invaluable.....
- Indian Express
- Paranoid about the bogeyman in saffron - Sultan Shahin - September 16, 1999
>>>As many poll surveys predict a victory to theBJP alliance, the paranoia of Muslim leadersseems to transcend all limits. SyedShahabuddin, for instance, has recentlycreated what he called a chilling scenario of.....
- `A certain decency has to be maintained in politics': Swaraj - Swati Chaturvedi - September 21, 1999
>>>Sushma Swaraj is the gung-ho desi beti whohas taken on the videshi bahu in an electionmarred, to her chagrin, by lowbrow snipinginitiated by her own people. After attendingnearly 100 public meetings, a visibly tired.....
- Rediff
- Vajpayee appeals people to vote against destabilisers - UNI - September 8, 1999
>>>Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Tuesday urged thepeople to vote against "destabilisers" and assured theminorities that their ''welfare and protection of alllegitimate interests is our responsibility."In his election address on the Doordarshan television.....
- Sonia is unfit to become PM, says sis-in-law Maneka - UNI - September 11, 1999
>>>Union Social Justice Minister Maneka Gandhi today saidCongress president Sonia Gandhi is unfit to be India'sprime minister because she lacks experience."It is true that she is a foreigner. But more than that,she has never done any social work and does not have any.....
- BJP-Sena Saffron rally at Mumbai - Varsha Bhosle - September 10, 1999
>>>Shivaji Park -- the bastion of the Shiv Sena -- couldhave been fuller. Sharadrao had managed a little over alakh. But today, our seasoned eye put the crowd atbetween 60 to 75,000. Just three days before Bombayvotes........
- The Congress: sinking with Sonia - TVR Shenoy - September 15, 1999
>>>Let me begin by saluting the Supreme Court for removingthe ill-advised Election Commission ban on surveys andexit-polls, described by their Lordships as ''withoutmerit.'' In any case, leaks were inevitable given a gapof over a month between the first phase of polling and.....
- Of the stuff Sonia is made - Arvind Lavakare - September 16, 1999
>>>It is Sonia Gandhi's latest gender gem: ''The day I becamethe daughter-in-law of Indira Gandhi's house, I became anIndian. The rest is all technical.'' By that logic, oneLouis de Raedt can be considered to have had even bettercredentials to be regarded as an Indian......
- Muslim body comes out in support of NDA - UNI - September 25, 1999
>>>For the first time, aprominent Muslim organisation -- the Islamic Council ofIndia -- has openly come out in support of the BJP-ledNational Democratic Alliance, lambasting the Congressand other ''secular'' parties for ''using Muslims as.....
- The other Atal - UNI - September 29, 1999
>>>With his oratory, Atal Bihari Vajpayee has beenthe greatest crowd-puller for the Bharatiya JanataParty. But Suneet Agarwal is not too far behind.Suneet who?Well, he is the 17-year-old who never lets the crowd.....
- Rediff on the Net
- Vajpayee asks Congress to clarify stand on coalition - UNI - September 1, 1999
>>>Prime Minister A B Vajpayee today asked the Congress toclarify whether it intended to form a coalitiongovernment at the Centre after the elections and spellout its stand on Article 356 which empowered the Centreto dismiss state governments and impose President's.....
- Statesman
- Disadvantage Congress in phase three - Statesman News Service - September 17, 1999
>>>NEW DELHI, Sept. 16. - If the exit polls for the first and second phase ofthe Lok Sabha elections are a reliable indicator of the shape of things tocome in the remaining phases, the Congress must have no reason to be happy.There are no major gains likely for the party anywhere in the third phaseof polling on Saturday - Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh or UP......
- The Hindu
- Vyjayanthimala joins BJP - Staff Reporter - September 7, 1999
>>>CHENNAI, SEPT. 6. Ms. Vyjayanthimala Bali, formerCongress(I) MP, joined the BJP this morning in thepresence of Mr. L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, atRaj Bhavan here where he was staying.Speaking to presspersons later at the BJP State.....
- Vajpayee urges Opposition to maintain dignity - P.K. Roy - September 8, 1999
>>>LUCKNOW, SEPT. 7. The Prime Minister, Mr. A.B.Vajpayee, today expressed deep anguish at the personalattacks mounted against him and his Government byCongress(I) leaders and expressed the hope that theOpposition would maintain dignity......
- Country has entered the coalition era, says PM - Special Correspondent - September 13, 1999
>>>PATNA, SEPT. 12. The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal BehariVajpayee, today expressed confidence that theenlightened voters of the country would vote theNational Democratic Alliance (NDA) to power.Addressing mediapersons before his departure to Delhi.....
- Voters will teach Cong. a lesson: PM - B. Muralidhar Reddy - September 20, 1999
>>>PATNA, SEPT. 19. The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal BehariVajpayee, today launched a frontal attack on the Congress(I) for what he termed as ``politics of destabilisation''and accused it of thrusting a mid-term election fornarrow political gains......
- BJP questions Sonia's commitment to politics - Special Correspondent - September 28, 1999
>>>NEW DELHI, SEPT. 27. The BJP has attacked theCongress(I) president, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, for her``inadequate commitment'' to India following thepublication of her interview to The Sunday Telegraphnewspaper of Britain, where she was quoted as saying.....
- Exit poll places NDA close to majority after phase 4 - Posted by Dinesh Agrawal dxa4@psu.edu - September 29, 1999
>>>NEW DELHI, SEPT. 28. An exit poll telecast on Star Newschannel tonight placed the BJP and its allies close to amajority in the Lok Sabha elections giving them 249 out ofthe 418 seats in the first four phases despite lossespredicted for the BJP in the crucial States of Uttar.....
- 'BJP will emerge single largest party' - Special Correspondent - September 29, 1999
>>>NEW DELHI, SEPT. 29. The claim to the first invitationfrom the President to attempt Government formationwould be rightfully that of the single largest party inthe new Lok Sabha, Ms. Jaya Jaitely, general secretaryof the Samata Party and an ally of the BJP said here.....
- The Hindustan Times
- RSS decides to sue Manmohan Singh - H Bula Devi - September 04, 1999
>>>The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has decided to sue senior Congressleader and candidate from South Delhi parliamentary constituency ManmohanSingh for alleging the Sangh Parivars involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikhriots.Speaking to The Hindustan Times, RSS chief Prof Rajinder Singh, more known as.....
- BJP and minorities - Rakesh Sinha - September 23, 1999
>>>THE US government⤁s criticism of the BJP and the RSS that theirmembers⤦have been implicated in incidents of violence and discriminationagainstChristians and Muslims* is, besides being factually wrong, intended to.....
- The Pioneer
- My case is in court of people: PM - Rajiv Deshpande / Bellary - September 2, 1999
>>>Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee struck a responsivechord here when he said he was appearing in the "court ofthe people" to seek a fitting reply to the Congress' hungerfor power which had repeatedly forced political instabilityand costly general elections upon the nation......
- BJP front to cross 300 mark: Survey - Pioneer News Service / New Delhi - September 3, 1999
>>>The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance would get atotal of 308 to 318 seats in the forthcoming elections, according tothe national poll survey carried out for The Pioneer by the Research &Development Initiative.The Congress and its allies are tipped to secure 145 to 150 seats, 20.....
- Sonia's Kargil remarks irresponsible: Advani - Pioneer News Service / Ahmedabad - September 4, 1999
>>>BJP stalwart and Union Home Minister LK Advani termedCongress president Sonia Gandhi's statement that Kargil wasa ploy of the BJP to get re-elected as sheerirresponsibility showing patriotic and political bankruptcythat had no parallel in the history of independent India......
- Ms Technical - Editorial - September 11, 1999
>>>Only two conclusions are possible: Either Ms Sonia Gandhi does not fullycomprehend the implications of the word technical in the context ofcitizenship; or, she has evolved an altogether revolutionary, philosophicalinterpretation of the term. By describing her 18-year-long refusal to acceptIndian citizenship as a mere technicality, she may also have been guilty of.....
- Sonia: The pasta of politics - Sandhya Jain - Sept 13, 1999
>>>Ms Sonia Gandhi has wisely refrained from fielding daughter, PriyankaVadra, against Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lucknow.Notwithstanding the carefully crafted media hype, Priyanka as a politicalpiece de resistance strains credulity. For the past several years, herpublic profile consists exclusively of the parties, fashion shows and.....
- India heading towards bi-polar system:Advani - Staff Reporter / Varanasi - September 17, 1999
>>>Union Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani said that thecountry was heading towards bi-polar political system inwhich his own party, the BJP has been playing the role of`principal pole' while the Congress of `subsidiary pole.'Mr Advani has been talking to reporters at Babatpur airport.....
- Vajpayee rips apart Left Front Govt - Pioneer News Service / Calcutta - September 28, 1999
>>>Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee ripped apart theMarxist Government in West Bengal and promised to "changethe face of the state" if the people voted for theBharatiya Janata Party-Trinamool Congress combine. He alsopromised that his government would provide one crore jobs.....
- The Times of India
- `Dream-girl' takes Amethi by storm - Mohit Dubey - September 27, 1999
>>>AMETHI: ``Basanti'' has never met him, but as shecriss-crossed Amethi on Saturday on a chopper, she spokeabout him as a besotted fan, hailing him as ``the man ofthe century'' and the ``only man who could and shouldlead India to the next century''. ``While I have never.....
- Times of India
- `It's not fair to condemn the BJP' - Sumitra Gandhi Kulkarni - September 3, 1999
>>>Yesterday I was at a press meet at the Bangaloreoffice of the BJP. A newsman asked me if I feltcomfortable at joining BJP, a party supported bypeople who had assassinated my grandfather.Another asked me what I felt about the prospects.....
- Poll predicts swing in Sushma's favour - The Times of India News Service - September 3, 1999
>>>Sushma Swaraj may be well on the way to creating the biggest upset of thecurrent elections by defeating Congress president Sonia Gandhi in theelectoral battleground of Bellary, Karnataka.According to an opinion poll conducted by TNS MODE among a random sample of642 voters spread across all assembly constituencies of Bellary from August.....
- BJP-allies projected to get majority in second phase - K Balakrishnan and GVL Narasimha Rao - September 7, 1999
>>>NEW DELHI: The BJP-led alliance is poised to makesubstantial gains in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh,while making moderate gains in Rajasthan and retainingits strong position in Karnataka, in the second phase ofelections scheduled for Saturday, September 11......
- Exit poll of Phase I predicts gains for BJP and allies - PTI - September 12, 1999
>>>NEW DELHI : The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance islikely to make ``significant'' gains in the September 5first phase of polling, according to Jain TV's exitpoll. It predicts that the NDA will win 77 of the 136seats, while the Congress and allies will get 56......
- Crowd braves rain to hear PM's pollspeak - The Times of India News Service - September 14, 1999
>>>BHOPAL: A 75,000-strong crowd braved the rain here onMonday to hear Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee tellit how and why the Congress had forced a monsoonelection on the nation.The rally was in sharp contrast to the one addressed by.....
- Global axis against terrorism taking shape - Seema Guha - September 15, 1999
>>>NEW DELHI: US State Department co-ordinator for counter-terrorism MichaelSheehan will arrive here on Friday to hold talks with Indian officials. Hewill meet Alok Prasad, joint secretary in charge of the Americas, and VivekKatju who oversees Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.The two Indian officials were in Washington earlier this month to review the.....
- PM quizzes Sonia on citizenship - The Times of India News Service - September 16, 1999
>>>NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee onWednesday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to comeforward with ``a proper answer'' for her delay inaccepting Indian citizenship and said this importantquestion could not be shelved as a ``technical matter''......
- OFBJP protests State Dept on religious report - Ramesh Chandran - September 18, 1999
>>>WASHINGTON: A delegation of the Overseas Friendsof the BJP which called on Robert Seiple,ambassador-at-large, who runs the InternationalReligious Freedom office within the StateDepartment to express their concern about.....
- Clear lead for BJP, allies predicted after third phase poll - Times of India News Service - September 19, 1999
>>>NEW DELHI: The BJP and its allies are projected to win191 of the 344 seats the voting for which has beencompleted till date, according to a DRS exit polltelecast on Doordarshan on Saturday night. This is again of 23 seats for the ruling alliance as compared to.....
- `Poet' Kalyan strikes a chord - Pravin Kumar - September 21, 1999
>>>PATWAI (RAMPUR): ``Kisanon ke kheton mein hariyali kyonnahin? Unke gharon mein khush-hali kyon nahin? (Why isthere no greenery in the fields and why are the farmersnot happy?)''``Mere naujawan doston, tumhare chehron pe jawani ki.....
- After third phase exit poll gives NDA 212 seats; Cong trails at 90 - PTI - September 22, 1999
>>>NEW DELHI: An exit poll conducted for Star News onTuesday predicted a big win for the BJP and its allies,giving them 213 of the 344 Lok Sabha seats whereelections have been held in the three phases till datewhile the Congress and its allies are likely to get only.....
- RSS becomes techno savvy, will hold a `cybershakha' - Dilip Chaware - September 24, 1999
>>>MUMBAI: The physical barriers separatingnon-resident Indian RSS activists from theirmotherland will vanish on Saturday when RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh chief Rajendra Singh launchesthe first ``cybershakha'' on the occasion of the.....
- Cong levelling scam charges to cover up Bofors deal: PM - Biswajeet Banerjee - September 30, 1999
>>>GORAKHPUR: Apparently rattled by the description of hisgovernment as a government of `scamsters', the PrimeMinister on Wednesday took the battle to the Congresscamp and asked them to wait for the arrival of the final`Bofors' papers from Sweden. The real face of the.....
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