 
NEWS
PM refuses to put Ayodhya off for ever
Vajpayee said the BJP is committed to the NDA manifesto for only five years and he could not predict what would happen thereafter.
NEWS
Congress releases Sardar Patel's letter to Golwalkar
The letter charged the RSS with spreading 'communal poison', resulting in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
NEWS
Maintain decency, Thakre orders BJP leaders
He, however, did not find anything derogatory in George Fernandes's remark that Sonia Gandhi's only contribution to India was the addition of her children to its population.
THE ELECTION SPECIAL
Desert sunsets, sarson and Saffron
The BJP isn't counting on Kargil or Sonia Gandhi's Italian origins in rural Rajasthan. Sheer anti-Congressism is to be its saviour here.
THE ELECTION SPECIAL
Wrestlers bounce back in the fray, thanks to electioneering
Down and out 'pehalwans' from 'akharas' around the capital are being utilised as hired muscle by all parties
THE ELECTION SPECIAL
Poll evokes little enthusiasm in Valsad
But the shadow of the Hindu Jagran Manch's campaign against the Christian tribals hangs over the Dangs, which is part of the constituency.
CONSTITUENCY WATCH
Caste and the DMK may fell Mani Shankar Aiyar yet again
He is relying on the 'Jayalalitha factor' to see him through. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's portrait is conspicuous by its absence, and his party's symbol is described as 'MGR's symbol,' obviously to woo voters.
CONSTITUENCY WATCH
Buta Singh on a sticky wicket, Bangaru Laxman on a roll
All is not well with Buta Singh, who is suffering from a
malady that afflicts politicians: unkept promisitis.
CONSTITUENCY WATCH
Kumaramangalam faces up to ground realities
'It is going to be a tough fight this time,' concedes
the BJP MP who had managed to scrape through last time, shunting
out local strongman Adaikalaraj, by a slender margin of 11,000-odd
votes.
THE REDIFF SPECIAL
Urban under-representation
The freeze on delimitation has resulted in the over-representation of the small, and the under-representation of the large constituencies.
INDIA SPEAKS
'We need a strong government to protect our boundaries'
A farmer in a Maharashtra village on what he expects from the general election.
THE COLUMNIST
The Second Coming
'If the non-BJP/non-Congress parties secure around 200 seats, India's politics will undergo a drastic change. Anyone from among Sharad Pawar, Mulayam Singh, Laloo Yadav, Jayalalitha, Mayawati and even George Fernandes may then throw his/her hat in the ring,' says Kuldip Nayar.
GALLERY
Wooing the Wretched
Sunil Dutt hits the campaign trail for the first time in two elections. rediff.com was there to capture those images.
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