NEW DELHI: Hard bargaining is expected to be witnessed in the seat sharing talks between the Congress and Samajwadi Party beginning on Monday for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh.The two parties which were foes till the other day, are coming together to form an alliance in the backdrop of resurgence of Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party which gained power in UP after shoring up a majority in the assembly elections last year.Rahul Gandhi will himself lead the Congress team which will have...
Monday, September 1, 2008
Deve Gowda backs Mayawati as leader of Third Front
LUCKNOW: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) president H D Deve Gowda on Monday backed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati as a leader of the proposed Third Front which will become political alternative to BJP and Congress."I will stand by Mayawati if she becomes the leader of the Third Front. I have no reservations...and I also don't dream of becoming Prime Minister again", Deve Gowda told reporters when asked about the leadership of the Third Front."The Third Front is going to take...
Lalu plays politics over flood issue
MANSI: His repeated claims of not playing politics over devastating floods notwithstanding, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is in his elements as he meets distraught victims in deluge-ravaged districts of north Bihar, cuddling children, making speeches and blasting the state government for its 'callous neglect.'"Fail kar gaya Nitish. Hum khana aur bhoosa bhejwa rahe hain. Sab station par khidi chokha hai, jaao aur bharpet khao. Nitish has failed. (I have left food and fodder at every railway station....
Paswan favours citizenship for Bangladeshis
PUSHKAR (RAJASTHAN): With an eye on elections, Lok Janshakti Party, a ruling UPA constituent, on Sunday favoured giving citizenship to Bangladeshis staying in the country and advocated reservation for the economically weak and minorities in government and private sectors."Those Bangladeshis who are already staying in India should be provided citizenship. Further infiltration should be checked. There should be strict vigil on the border," a resolution passed by the party headed by Union minister...
BJP crowd-puller eclipses Cong Mahapanchayat
NEW DELHI: Congress might be hoping to neutralise the anti-incumbency factor and the inflation issue with its announcements to regularise unauthorised colonies during the Assembly elections, but poor attendance at the Mahapanchayat organised by Hastsal MLA Mukesh Sharma and the fact that senior party leaders chose to stay away — coupled with BJP’s star-studded rally with its impressive turnout — boded ill for the party’s hopes of riding the unauthorised colonies bandwagon.While at the Congress gathering...
Cong-loyal businessmen forced to ally with SAD
MUKTSAR(PUNJAB): Fearing political reprisal, a large number of businessmen who are Congress supporters here are distancing themselves from the party’s September 1 political rally at Lambi. So much so that many of their staunch supporters have formally joined the SAD after they were persistently harassed by Punjab Pollution Control Board, PSEB, sales tax and food and supply departments in the past 18 months. Though Congress workers and leaders in Malwa region are euphoric over the rally programme...
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