October 29, 1999 Updated at 2:33 IST

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NEWS NCP boycotts Cabinet meeting in Maharashtra The party has asked Chief Minister Vilas Deshmukh to cut the Cabinet to size and suggested that three ministers, who were inducted without consultation with its leaders, be dropped. NEWS Ex-minister's resignation threat rattles Naidu Several legislators from West Godavari district are said to be sore over the "raw deal" meted out to Ramchandra Raju who joined the TDP at its inception and has been elected continuously to the Andhra assembly five times. NEWS Longest general election comes to an end Polling in five Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar and Assam and repolling in 176 booths of Outer Manipur passed off peacefully. DIARY Pawar, ah, he's a great guy! 'The next few days tortured me with similar situations but, like the true scribe of fortune I am, I set my jaw, scratched my chin and majestically threw around a few sparkling pearls of political wisdom.' Misadventures in Rajasthan! Click here for an overall view of the results

Election Specials  - Real Audio Interviews  - Election Chats  Real Audio Interviews • Uttar Pradesh BJP    president Rajnath Singh • CII president Rahul Bajaj • Defence Minister    George Fernandes • HRD Minister M M Joshi • BJP general secretary    K N Govindacharya • UP BJP leader Kalraj Mishra • BJP spokesman Arun Jaitley • BJP chief Kushabhau Thakre • Cong general secretary    Ambika Soni • Himachal Pradesh CM    P K Dhumal • Samata Party general    secretary Jaya Jaitley • Former Lok Sabha secretary    general Subhash Kashyap • Former PM Inder Gujral • SP leader Amar Singh • Home Minister L K Advani • BJP winner V K Malhotra • BJP V-P K R Malkani • Congress leader Arjun Singh • BJP gen secy Narendra Modi • BJP winner M L Khurana • Congress general secretary    Oscar Fernandes • BJP general secretary    Venkaiah Naidu  Election Chats • People who talked    politics were punished' • 'Organisational problems    have cost us badly in UP' • 'Riots are always    started by Muslims' • 'Delicate handling will    needed in UP'  The Interviews • S M Krishna on    the Congress triumph • K N Govindacharya on    reservations • Recent interviews  The Columnists • Varsha Bhosle on    being a fundie • Saisuresh Sivaswamy on    the millennium man • Recent columns  Check it out • Yesterday's issue

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