NEWS
Manmohan says he was misquoted on RSS role in '84 riots
The former finance minister said he had merely stated that certain individuals belonging to the RSS had also been named in the FIRs lodged with the police.
NEWS
Seshan, Advani battle without rancour
The former chief election commissioner is keeping a scrupulous watch on his expenditure while focussing on local problems and making promises that he is confident of keeping. But will that be enough to dislodge the BJP stalwart?
INTERVIEW
'The Congress will have to drag me to make me a minister'
Amberish K Diwanji catches up with the redoubtable T N Seshan, chief election commissioner turned Congress candidate, on the campaign trail in Gandhinagar.
INTERVIEW
'The 1984 anti-Sikh riot is part of history now'
'So long as the Pakistani woman has accepted
Indian citizenship, she accepts the Indian system and wants to participate in
the Indian political system, let her go ahead. Eventually, it is for the
Indian people to decide whether to accept her or not,' says Capt Amarinder Singh.
INTERVIEW
'If we have 40 seats, we will play a decisive role in the formation of a govt'
'It is logical to assume that the split in the Congress will help the BJP, but it doesn't always work out that way. There is no arithmetic in politics,' feels NCP leader Prafulla Patel.
CONSTITUENCY
Congress looks for magic wand in Bharuch
The BJP is feeling good about winning this Muslim-dominated constituency.
CONSTITUENCY
J H Patel stoops, yet may not conquer
The thought that he will not be the next CM does not worry him. What makes Patel nervous is the possibility that he may not win a fifth term from Channagiri.
CONSTITUENCY
It's all in the family
Cousins Prakash and Madan Patil battle it out in Sangli, capital of Maharashtra's sugar belt, for the political legacy of the late chief minister Vasantrao Patil.
CONSTITUENCY
Complacent Congress may get its comeuppance in Mandvi
Vajpayee's visit may improve the BJP candidate's chances as also the presence in the fray of the NCP's Sahadev Chowdhury.
ISSUES
'Mindset will
have to slowly change for which I don't think
there is any lead in the current political leadership in any
party'
'I believe in the soul of this country and no government
can do anything to change its soul, the Indian soul,' says S Gurumurthy
THE REDIFF SPECIAL
Sangma unhappy with Pawar
'We had agreed to set up units all over the country and field candidates all over, but Pawar thinks India is only Maharashtra...' Now the former Lok Sabha Speaker is all set to go his own way after the election. Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar.
THE REDIFF COLUMNIST
This is about my MP
'The prime minister worries about people worrying about the nation's security under a "foreigner", but seems unworried about the effect on the nation's security of installing lawbreakers as law-makers,' says Dilip D'Souza.
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