gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Reddy Gaddam) (05/22/91)
Elections to five parliamentary constituencies and 15 assemblies which went to polls on Monday have been countermanded following electoral mal-practices - the CE commissioner, Mr.T.N.Sheshan said. They are Patna and one other in Bihar. Bulandshahar, Etawa and Meerut in U.P. Among those contestants from Patna are the finance Minister Mr.Yashwant Sinha and the former external affairs minister Mr.Inder Kumar Gujral. All the 15 assemblies are in U.P. In Jaswant nager( name unclear) assembly constituency, the U.P. Chief minister Mr.Mulayam Singh Yadav is among those in fray. Naxalites surrender in Andhra Pradesh: ===================================== While the PWG has intensified its violent activities to scare people to fall in line with itss call to boycott the elections, the dramatic surrender of two militantsm including a Dalam commander to the police has come as a shot in the arm for the latter. In a press release, the DGP Mr.Prabhakara Rao said the two militants, Yadamalla Amarendra Reddy alias Raju(26) who carried a reward of Rs 20,000 and Nagampalli Srinivas alias Ramakanth who carried Rs 50,00 on his head surrendered to police. According to police, Mr.Amarendra Reddy who was associated with N.C.Shivaji, Sangarapu Venkateshwarlu and other joined the PWG as early as in 1981. He was made the Dalam commander and was involved in several case including annhilations of police informants. AIR did not mention anything about cancelling elections at 6:00pm EDT news. For those, inerested, please note that AIR news now can be heard on 17383 at 6:00am. It is a 10 minute news bulletin, mostly local news. Narotham Reddy