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December 19, 2002

• Amarsinh Choudhary elected leader of opposition in
• Sonia asks party to prepare for future challenges

December 18, 2002

• Sonia takes BJP to task in Rajkot
• Governor invites Narendra Modi to form government

December 17, 2002

• Modi to be sworn in at Ahmedabad

December 16, 2002

• Karunakaran takes potshots at Sonia for Gujarat
• Seven convicted in Parliament attack case
• Modi for 'appeasement of none and justice to all'
• BJP disapproves of Togadia's remar
• Modi to be sworn in on Dec 22
• Curfew lifted in Vadodara
• Modi to be elected legislature party leader on Mon

December 15, 2002

• BJP retains Godda LS seat in Jharkhand
• Vajpayee, Advani likely to attend swearing-in
• BJP's victory march has begun: PM
• 'Hindu Rashtra' in two years: Togadia
• Nine ministers, assembly speaker meet waterloo
• BJP retains Godda LS seat in Jharkhand
• For God's sake, stop dividing Gujarat: Modi
• BJP ends up with 125 seats; Congress 52
• Violence erupts in Vadodara and Ahmedabad
• Congress wins Arunachal by-election
• Congress retains Nainital LS seat
• AGP wins assembly by-election in Assam
• Gujaratis were angry about slander campaign: Advan
• BJP stuns Congress in Rajasthan
• Vaghela concedes defeat
• It is a victory of fear, terror: Congress
• Defeat for pseudo-secularists: Modi
• BJP says victory not because of riots
• Gujarat a jilt for pseudo-secularists, says BJP
• BJP wins by-elections in Rajasthan
• PM congratulates Modi
• The mood among Congressmen
• BJP gets absolute majority in Gujarat
• BJP leading in Godhra, Rajkot II

December 14, 2002

• Gujarat results expected by Sunday afternoon
• Repolling peaceful, 68 per cent voter turnout
• Repolling peaceful, 68 per cent voter turnout
• Repolling in 15 booths begins

December 13, 2002

• Don't take exit polls seriously: Congress
• Fifty per cent of paramilitary forces to stay back
• Repolling in 15 booths in Gujarat: EC
• Our reporters respond to readers
• Curfew lifted from Jambusar town

December 12, 2002

• 61.52% electorate cast votes in Gujarat
• 'BJP has a slight edge'
• 'Modi is the leader'
• Exit polls predict simple majority for BJP
• Gujarat: Tension in Jambusar
• About 60% votes cast in Gujarat assembly election
• Attack on BJP candidate in Ahmedabad
• 55-65 % voting till 3 pm in Saurashtra
• Brisk voting in Godhra
• Enthusiastic voting in Shahpur
• BJP will get comfortable mandate : Advani
• Modest, peaceful polling in first two hours
• For Keshubhai, farmers' issues are important
• 'I see an emotional frenzy in the BJP's favour'
• Togadia's name missing from voters' list
• Voting for Gujarat assembly elections on

December 11, 2002

• BJP urges Hindu voters to turn out in strength
• Prohibition - Gujarat's worst kept secret
• Fishing for votes in Somnath-Veravel
• Fishing for votes in Somnath-Veraval
• Adequate security provided in Gujarat: Lyngdoh

December 10, 2002

• Campaigning ends in Gujarat
• Will BJP's vote bank vote?
• Acid test of Hindutva card in Vadodara
• Congress has a new slogan: 100 seats 100%
• Patels battle it out in Keshubhai's constituency
• Kadi Congress candidate injured in attack

December 09, 2002

• Swaying to the Hindutva beat
• BJP focuses on mobilising voters
• Congress is like fish out of water: PM
• Modi evokes strong passions in Ahmedabad's women
• 'No one in Patan constituency knows Modi'
• Caretaker law minister of Gujarat, Chapatwala, dea
• 'Sonia seems capable of ensuring peace'

December 08, 2002

• Swaying to the Hindutva beat
• Water is the issue in Rajkot-II
• Sonia takes BJP to task in Rajkot
• Sonia takes BJP to task in Rajkot
• Mayawati to assist BJP in Gujarat
• Mayawati to assist BJP in Gujarat

December 07, 2002

• Naidu calls Congress the mother of communalism
• BJP faces a tough fight in Amreli district
• God is one, PM tells Vadodara residents
• Media's Rs50 crore shame in Gujarat
• My son loves everyone: Modi's mother
• Shahpur may surprise BJP
• Rajkot-II -- Under determined assault from Congres

December 06, 2002

• Survey predicts close finish in Gujarat polls
• Patan may spring a surprise on BJP
• Juhapura: Hemmed in by prejudices
• Advani blames Congress for failing to settle Kashmir issue
• In Sami, all eyes are on Vaghela junior

December 05, 2002

• For Muslims of Naroda, safety is the only issue • BJP owns up responsibility for not preventing Godhra
• EC restricts VHP rally to Ahmedabad city limits
• Gujarat Seva Dal chief quits over ticket allocation

December 04, 2002

• VHP to protest against attack on Jaideep Patel
• Business, not Godhra, the issue in Vadodara
• Pandya launches BJP campaign in Ellisbridge
• NCP releases poll manifesto, stresses on development
• VHP leader's condition stable; to be operated

December 03, 2002

• Mahatma's granddaughter calls for peace in Gujarat
• VHP to organise Shaurya Diwas at Akshardham temple
• VHP general secretary Dr Jaideep Patel shot at in Naroda
• Sonia launches election campaign in Gujarat
• In Maninagar, the only issue is 'Islamic terrorism'

December 02, 2002

• 'We feel polling booths will not be put up'
• Samata won't support Cong in Gujarat: Shrivastava
• PM's election campaign programme in Gujarat revised to December 7, 9
• Mistrust the only thing in abundance in Godhra
• Congress pins hopes on Priyanka

December 01, 2002

• Modi was addressing the media after releasing the party's 15-page manifesto titled BJP: Saviour of five crore Gujaratis.
• BJP plans aggressive ad campaign in Gujarat

November 30, 2002

• Pandya's absence notwithstanding, BJP still confident of bagging Ellisbrige
• Advani dares Pakistan to fourth war
• Godhra carnage witnesses to campaign: VHP
• Modi is bound to win Maninagar: Riot victims
• Pandya meets Vajpayee, Advani; says he will campaign

November 29, 2002

• Gujarat poll will decide India's future: Shahi Imam
• Relief camp cards valid for identity: Election Commission
• 22 BJP leaders to descend on Gujarat on Saturday
• Fear prevails in Dasaj ahead of Gujarat poll

November 28, 2002

• Congress not to raise Godhra issue during Gujarat assembly election
• Congress, BJP left in fray for Mehsana Lok Sabha seat
• Sonia to launch poll campaign on December 3
• Attack on corporator an internal matter: BJP
• Keshubhai projects Modi as chief minister
• 'Giant killer' Yatin Oza ready to take on Narendra Modi

November 27, 2002

• Pandya supporters attack BJP corporator
• BJP will not hesitate to raise Godhra issue during Gujarat election: Advani
• Two dissident Congress MLAs suspended from party
• Keshubhai to flag off BJP campaign on November 28

November 26, 2002

• Saffron brigade disrupts seminar in Vadodara
• 'BJP, RSS wanted to teach Pandya a lesson'

November 25, 2002

• Gujarat polls: Cong releases last list
• BJP manifesto focuses on 'cultural nationalism'
• Modi to face six others for Maninagar seat
• BJP fields Bhavin Sheth from Ellisbridge

November 24, 2002

• Haren Pandya withdraws from race, wins sympathy
• BJP announces fifth list for Gujarat
• Haren Pandya decides not to contest Gujarat polls
• Congress' Yatin Ojha to take on Modi in Maninagar
• Congress releases 3rd list of candidates for Gujarat polls

November 23, 2002

• NCP announces first list of 69 candidates for Gujarat election
• Pandya's name missing from the fourth list too
• Condition of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi stable
• NCP demands Modi's arrest under POTA

November 22, 2002

• Cong releases second list of 56 candidates
• 'Indictment by tribunal will not affect BJP's prospects'
• Modi liable for prosecution for genocide: Citizens Tribunal
• Ignore tribunal's findings on riots: Gujarat govt
• Gujarat police quite professional now: Lyngdoh
• 'Haren Pandya was offered a Cabinet berth'
• Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi hospitalised

November 21, 2002

• We will not desist from Lyngdoh bashing: BJP
• BJP releases 3rd list; Pandya's fate in balance
• BJP to rake up Godhra only if Congress does so
• Gujarat's rotting co-op banking sector and the conspiracy of silence
• Dissidents raise their heads, Cong MLA to contest as independent
• Pandya's will be a test case for Modi

November 20, 2002

• PM to lead BJP's campaign in Gujarat
• 'Modi will bag top post if BJP wins'
• 'Jihadi terrorism' to be issue in Gujarat: BJP
• Pandya's name not in second list too

November 19, 2002

• Vajpayee to campaign for BJP in Gujarat
• Keshubhai says no to ticket for son
• Only 353 paramilitary companies for Gujarat election
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• JD (U) releases list for Gujarat polls
• BJP releases first list, Modi to contest from Maninagar
• BJP to release first list of candidates for Gujarat polls today

November 18, 2002

• Lok Jan Shakti to join hands with Congress to oust BJP
• Congress releases first list of candidates for Gujarat poll
• Godhra will not be an election issue: Modi
• Election Commission notifies Gujarat legislative assembly election
• Telugu Desam Party backs Election Commission in Gujarat standoff

November 17, 2002

• Yatra will now take shape of public meetings: VHP
• VHP leaders arrested as police enforce ban on yatra

November 16, 2002

• Congress clears names of 140 candidates for Gujarat poll
• India Today poll predicts two-thirds majority for BJP in Gujarat
• Yatra plans irreversible: VHP
• Gujarat Congressmen allege nepotism in nominations
• Vajpayee asks parties not to incite communal passions
• Togadia barred from entering Godhra

November 15, 2002

• VHP should have listened to PM's advice: RSS
• Gujarat elections will have no impact on Centre: Advani
• BJP supports PM's appeal to abide by EC decision
• VHP rejects PM's appeal, to go ahead with yatra
• Election Commission ban on VHP rally justified: Vajpayee

November 14, 2002

• EC order banning VHP yatra inappropriate: BJP
• Gujarat government refuses permission to VHP 'yatra'
• Congress to drop 10-12 MLAs in Gujarat
• EC to despatch 22 special observers to Gujarat
• VHP to go ahead with yatra despite ban
• VHP plans Ramdhun in Gujarat

November 13, 2002

• Sangh Parivar discusses EC's ban
• Modi defers finalisation of candidates list
• VHP to defy 'yatra' ban; BJP plays it safe
• Election Commission bans religious rallies in Gujarat

November 12, 2002

• Congress has turned down request for tie-up in Gujarat: Mulayam
• Lyngdoh adopting double standards: VHP

November 11, 2002

• VHP wants to contest 30 seats in Gujarat
• Congress takes Modi to task at campaign launch

November 10, 2002

• Keshubhai Patel to share dais with Modi in Surat
• Security beefed up in Godhra for Modi's yatra
• New survey buoys Congress in Gujarat