NEWS
Congress accuses PM of Sugargate Scam
The Congress today accused Prime Minister Vajpayee of
ordering the import of a large quantity of sugar from Pakistan and
providing foreign exchange worth Rs 9 billion to its
military establishment just before the Kargil operations.
THE ELECTION INTERVIEW
'India is the land of Gandhiji and Vinoba Bhave. In such a land, even raising the videshi issue is foolishness'
'We will win well. In 1998 we got 18 seats. We will do better this time.
That's definite,' says Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
THE ELECTION INTERVIEW
'Nobody expects me to achieve in real life what I achieve in films'
'They expect me to be clean, not corrupt, and genuinely dedicated to them. If I achieve 20 per cent of what they ask of me, they are more than satisfied,' says Kannada actor-turned MP Ambareesh.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Father-son take to Srinagar's streets
Omar Abdullah, with father Farooq in tow, reaches out to his constituents.
CONSTITUENCY WATCH
Rawale faces tough challenge from Samajwadi Party's Majeed Memon
The battle, however, is going to be triangular, as other candidate and Kamgar Aghadi
leader Dada Samant, brother of slain trade unionist Datta Samant, is also in the race, on an RPI ticket.
CONSTITUENCY WATCH
Puthiya Tamilagam's Krishnasamy could spring a surprise in Tenkasi
But that may not be good news entirely for industrialist Nusli Wadia, owner of Manjolai Tea Estate.
ISSUES
'Vote for right individuals, and they will be able to form an effective collective'
Advice from S Nijalingappa, one of the few members of the Constituent Assembly still alive.
THE COLUMNISTS
Election khichadi
Religion has become India's primary electoral issue. And, EC or no EC, Constitution or not, it will remain so till the minorities don't wake up from their hurt state, says Varsha Bhosle.
Vote the lesser evil for economic growth
'There will be fierce opposition to opening up the economy and reordering national priorities. So my vote will go to the Congress for being the lesser evil and marginally more credible and reassuring than the BJP-led NDA,' says Dilip Thakore.
THE REDIFF SPECIAL
A Time For Change
The price paid for the freeze on delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies has been the disproportionately large size of the electorate in several constituencies, particularly in the urban areas. Nor is the disparity limited to urban and non-urban constituencies. In some cases it has occurred among different urban constituencies within the same state. Such disparity is particularly glaring and unacceptable when it occurs in adjoining constituencies.
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SPECIAL
Song & Dance
Election-time audiocassettes are great fun, thanks to a little help from the film industry.
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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.
GALLERY
A tale of two rallies
Atal and Sonia. Jaya and Karunanidhi. Sreeram Selvaraj captures vignettes from the Great Indian Political Circus.
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