October 22, 1999

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NEWS Sharad Yadav fights Hegde's case with PM The JD-U president has met Vajpayee thrice in the last six days, but has failed so far to convince him of the need to give Hegde a Cabinet berth. NEWS Scindia nominated Sonia's deputy in LS Sonia Gandhi has already retained the leader, deputy leader and the chief whip of the party in the Rajya Sabha. NEWS Cong supports NCP candidate for speaker But the candidate, Arun Gujarathi, is likely to face stiff competition from Girish Bapat of the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party combine. INTERVIEW 'Pawar would've made a better leader for the Congress' 'She is still not known in the country. That is her very big disadvantage. Maybe when she is known, that may become an even bigger disadvantage, I do not know!' Cho S Ramaswamy in full flow. THE COLUMNISTS Bellary orphaned 'Things don't seem to have changed for the denizens of a palpably backward region, what with both washing their hands off the constituency, now that their prime objective has been accomplished,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy. Click here for an overall view of the results

Headlines • Vajpayee, Jinnah two sides    of same coin, says Nayanar • More  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    Pawar-sharing • Krishna Prasad on    political demotions • Recent columns  Check it out • Yesterday's issue

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