ramani@shakti.ernet.in (06/17/91)
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Three articles from Dr.Ramani.
Also posted simultaneously in to misc.news.southasia ( approved by the
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 91 18:40:09 +0530
Lucnow
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poll-result-haldwani
haldwani assembly seat
Lucknow jan 17 the Congress (I) leader, Mr N D
Tiwari hes been declared elected for the haldwani assembly
seat in Uttar Pradesh.
New Delhi,June 17 : The Prime Minister, Mr Chandra
Shekhar, recaptured the ballia Lok Sabha seat in U.P. By
defeating his nearest Congress(I) rival, Mr jagannath
chowdhary by a margin of over 60,000 votes.
The Congress(s) leader and former union communication
Minister, Mr k.P.Unnikrishnan, also captured the badagara Lok
Sabha seat in Kerala, according to doordarshan.
The slain Congress(I) leader, Mr Rajiv Gandhi, was
declared elected from the amethi Lok Sabha seat by a margin of
over 1,15,000 votes.
In west Bengal, the left party alliance _as well set to
secure two third majority in assembly.
The alliance has already captured 175 of the 294
assembly seats for which elections were held.
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 91 19:15:50 +0530
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To: gnreddy\@cbnewsf.att.com
From: ramani
Chandigarh
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The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Devi Lal, was trounced in the Rohtak
Parliamentary Constituency by Mr Bhupinder Singh of Congress (I).
Mr Bhupinder Singh, who was declared elected, humbled the Haryana
patricrch by a margin of 30,537 votes.
Mr Devi Lal had already lost the ghirai assembly constituency.
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 91 19:55:30 +0530
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Apparently-To: gaddam\@remus.rutgers.edu
To: gnreddy\@cbnewsf.att.com
From: ramani
Bombay
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Bombay, June 17 there is a neck and neck race
between Congress-iand BJP-Shiv Sena combine in four of the
six Bombay constituences.
Congress-icandidate sunil dutt (Bombay north west) and
BJP gandidate ram naik (Bombay north) have established a clear
lead of over ?0,000 votes each over their respective rivals at
the`end of the fourth round.
In neighbouring thane constituency, the BJP candidate
prof Ram Kapse was leading by a wafer-thin margin of 126 votes
over his Congress-irival Mr Harbansh singh, at the end of tHe
seventh round.
In the reserved Dahanu constutency, the CPM candidate,
Mr Lahanu Kom, who established an initial lead, is now in a
third position with Congress-icandidate D B Shingada leading
followed by BJP at the end of the seventh round.
Bombay
poll-bom-trend 2 last
in the labour-dominated south central constituency, Mr
Dada Saheb Rupawate of Congress-i was trailing by 419 votes
over Shiv Sena gandidate, Mr ]ohan rawale.
In the prestigious south Bombay constituency, Mr Murli
Deora, who is contesting for the third time, is ahead by about
5,000 votes over his BJP vival, Mr premKUmar sharma, according
to the latest trends available.
In north-west Bombay, the Congress-icandidate, sunil
dutt, has established a lead of over 54,000 votes over his
nearest Shiv Sena rival, Mr ramesh prabhoo.
In the Bombay north constituency, Mr ram naik has also
established a similar`lead over Mr b a desai of the
Congress-i.
In Bombay north east constitutency, Mrs jaywantiben
mehta of BJP is trailing behind Congress-i's Mr guruDas kamat
by 28,920 votes.
Veteran journalist and dramatist, Mr vidyadhar gokhale
has gained a lead of 3,600 votes over Congress-icandidate, Mr
sharad dighe, former speaker of the Maharashtra assembly.
Newdelhi
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Cong +appreciates+ Basu, ajit Singh views
new Delhi,`June 17 the Congress-itoday
+appreciated+ the statements from the CPI-m and the Janata Dal
about the possibility of their support to a minority Congress
government, but said no no final position could be taken till
all the results were out.
The party spokesman, Mr pranab mukherjee, told newsmen
that no no party could take a clear stand at the moment as
they were yet to set in motion the decision-making process on
the nature of possible alliances.
Mr Mukherjee waid he had noticed the views of the CPI-m
leader Mr Jyoti Basu and the Janata Dal leader Mr ajit Singh
in newspaper reports but clarified that no no move has been
initiated on the question of support by either of the parties.
He conceded that the Congress (I) was not not likely to
get a simple majority on its own and that it would remain as
the single largest party. +We want to have a majority, but it
is not not there+, he said.
Bombay Stock market
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Bombay June 17 the stock market has reacted
favourably to the initial results of the Lok Sabha elections.
The election results, sofar declared, shows that no party
would get majority and there would be a hung parliament. The
general feeling among the brokers is that the Congress would
be asked to form the government. Brokers are interested in
knowing the leader of the Congress party. Brokers are
satisfied with the policy decisions taken by the Congress
during their regime and hence if Congress forMs the government
the market would turn bullish.
Market resumed bullish and prices rallied further on
sustAined buying. However, a part of the initial gains were
wiped out later on bear selling pressure. The final list
showed small gains.
Speculative activity was centred on select scrips like
acc, tisco, reliance, Bombay dyeing, spic, ge ship and bajaj
auto. Price swings in these scrips were also fairly wide.
The sensitive index initially improved to 1323.39 From
1292.81 But later dropped to close at 1307.22. The national
index rose by 8.56 Points to 64u.00.
In forward section, Bombay dyeing and reliance were the
star performers. Acc, ge ship, asian paints, castrol, grasim,
colgate, tisco, spic and ponds finished better while Baroda
rayon, glaxo, eskayef, hoechst, prem auto and orkay closed
lower.
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