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August 25, 1999
 Election 99
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 Ballot Box
 - Of the 182 Lok Sabha
   seats the BJP won in
   1998, 139 (76%) came
   from five states. UP (57),
   MP (30), Bihar (20),
   Gujarat (19), Karnataka
   (13).

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NEWS
Centre hoards onions to guard against crisis
Determined not to allow the onion to play truant again this year with the general election round the corner, the BJP-led government is stocking thousands of tonnes of the popular vegetable all over North India.

THE REDIFF SPECIAL
Jaya tries to make up to Sonia
The AIADMK move came in the wake of criticism that Jayalalitha deliberately kept away from Sunday's joint election rally at Villupuram.

THE REDIFF SPECIAL
Christian bodies call for BJP's defeat
Christians for a Secular Democratic India, an umbrella of like-minded organisations, said its appeal was the result of in-depth discussion of the contemporary social context in Delhi, Kochi, Madras and Ahmednagar.

THE REDIFF SPECIAL
For casting vote, press here...
The Electronic Voting Machine, which will be used quite widely in the forthcoming elections, promises to revolutionise the electoral process.

THE REDIFF SPECIAL
All of Sonia's advisers
A lowdown on who stands where at 10 Janpath.

INTERVIEW
'I am the only campaigner in Maharashtra'
'If the NCP, the Janata Dal-Secular and the Samajwadi Party together get 60 seats, it would mean that nobody would get a clear mandate to form the government at the Centre. In such a scenario our 60 seats would be the decisive factor,' says Sharad Pawar.

CAMPAIGN TRAIL
'There are no constituents coming up to say, But you never did this or that'
On the Campaign Trail with Aviation Minister Ananth Kumar.

CONSTITUENCIES
South side story
In Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu's southern-most constituency, it is advantage AIADMK.

THE REDIFF SPECIAL
Election results, at your fingertips...
Who won in Barh in 1977? And, who won Rampur, which has the highest concentration of Muslims in India, in 1998? Check out the results of the previous 12 general elections.

 Sound bites
There is no guarantee
   whom he will ditch
   and when. He is a
   Number One backstabber
   and he backstabs not
   for others but for himself.
   Udaysing Gaekwad
   on Sharad Pawar

 News
Vajpayee becoming a
   habitual liar, says Congress
Manmohan shows his
   feisty side
Backward Muslims demand
   LS tickets from Congress
Cakewalk for AP CM
   in Kuppam
Efforts on to ensure
   smooth polls in J&K
EVMs will make polling
   easy in Delhi
EVMs will be common
   in next poll, says Gill
Why the CPI-RJD
   pact collapsed
More

 The Interviews
Sitaram Yechury on being
   anti-BJP
Sushma Swaraj on her fight
   for national pride
Sunil Dutt on the attack
   on Sonia's origin
E K Nayanar on
   the Congress
Arun Nehru on the BJP
Recent interviews

 Recent Specials
Son rise in K'taka
Bellary comes to terms
Star Line-up
Gandhi vs Swaraj

 The Columnists
Rajiv Shukla on
   a few good men
Recent columns
 
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