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The Rediff Election News 1999 - Part 4
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AUGUST NEWS
August 31, 1999
• Congress accuses PM of sugargate scam
• Goa goes against the grain again
• Vajpayee woos Rajasthan's Jats with reservation promise
• Ghulam Nabi accepts BJP's challenge for debate on Kargil
• Chaos in Bihar JD-U as chief quits
• CID to probe blasts in Andhra minister's house
• Election Commission asks parties to maintain dignity
August 29, 1999
• Organisation calls for voting on the Web
• Karan Singh not to contest
• Sonia not to be projected as PM: Margaret Alva
• BJP-Congress ad war hots up
• Bhagwat likens Vajpayee to Hitler
• Satire on Naidu is a huge draw
• In Nanded, it's a fight between BJP and Congress
• Scindia's fate will be decided in MP's first round
• Jaya Prada will not contest against Jaipal Reddy
• K K Tewari, Kalpnath Rai's widow get Congress tickets
• Security stepped up in Kutch on poll eve
• ISI planning to disrupt election, assassinate top politicians
• Deve Gowda still eyes the top slot
• BJP to share power witl allies even if it wins majority
• Allies may have forced Sonia to backtrack on coalition government
• Sonia targets government on Kargil, stability
August 28, 1999
• BJP rules in south Bihar, the RJD in the north
• Bombay, Madras HCs quash petitions against Sonia
• NC hunts for votes among homeless
• No ban on raising Kargil, says EC
• Diplomats will be allowed to witness polls
• Ribeiro calls for ending Thackeray's 'one-man rule'
• Poll panel turns down JD-S plea on AIR, DD timings
August 27, 1999
• JDU-BJP cracking under internal strains
• Inquiry ordered into PM's Gujarat meet
• September 3-5 will be dry days in Delhi
• Satish Sharma to take on Arun Nehru
• Mahatma's grand daughter opposes Sonia's bid for prime ministership
• Haryana gets ready for another round of 'Lal' salaam
• Fewer women to contest in Maharashtra
• Kargil is no issue in Madurai
• Don't favour ruling party, EC tells state govts
August 26, 1999
• Kargil victory gives BJP the edge over Vaghela
• Situation right for J&K polls, says EC
• BJD's dominance worries ally BJP
• PIL against Sonia's candidature
• Jaya lacks Sonia's stature: Lalit Mohan Singh
• Thamaraikani reiterates charges against Jaya
• DMK govt's dismissal will be priority: Nedunchezhian
• Jharkhand Front releases manifesto
• Khurana challenges Tytler to prove innocence on riot charges
• Maharashtra Police ready for the polls
• RPI (Athawale) releases its final list
• Congress, JMM-S wait for full moon
• Bihar to deploy boats during poll
• 'I cannot take orders from every Tom, Dick and Harry'
• A survey of the poll scene in Punjab
August 25, 1999
• Why the RJD-JD pact collapsed
• Close contest of a different kind
• AIADMK makes amends for slighting Sonia
• Christian organisation calls for BJP's defeat
• Sonia Gandhi and the people she trusts
• EVMs make poll process neat and placid
• EVMs to be made universal in next general election: Gill
The Rediff Election news, 1999 - PART 5
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