gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Reddy Gaddam) (04/09/91)
1. MILITANTS REPORTEDLY KIDNAP TWO SWEDISH ENGINEERS Srinagar: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped two Swedish engineers in Indian-ruled Kashmir on March 31, the first foreigners to be seized since a separatist rebellion erupted 15 months ago. Joe Jansen, 35, and Olle Loman, 37, were kidnapped while returning from a lunch in the Himalayan ski resort of Gulmarg with Jansen's wife and daughter, J.N.Saksena, police chief of Jammu and Kashmir,said. 2. `NATURAL CYCLE' TEST TUBE BABY BORN IN MADRAS Madras (PTI): A test-tube baby was born, in the "natural cycle" without usage of drugs, at the "Invitro Fertilization Test Tube Baby Center" here on March 20. Mriefing newsmen on March 31, Dr. Zubaida Begum, chief of the center, said that the "natural cycle" was a procedure in which drugs in the form of tablets or injection were not administered to patients. 3. INDIA-PAKISTAN MILITARY COMMANDERS BEGIN TALKS New Delhi: Indian and Pakistan military commanders began talks on agreements to prevent violation of each other's borders and airspace on April 1. The talks begin five days after Pakistani government charged that Indian troops had fired into Pakistan, killing four people. 4. FORMER MINISTER LASHES OUT AT PEPSI New Delhi: Former Railways Minister, George Fernandes, said that the multi-national Pepsi Co. was producing potatoes at low rates of up to Rs. 2 per kg, but was selling potato chips at the rate of Rs. 140 per kg. Displaying some packets of chips marketed by the company here on March 27, Fernandes complained of the high-price and said the local potato chips were selling for Rs. 50 per kg. 5. KRISHNAN, PAES WIN DOUBLES TIE AGAINST INDONESIA INDIA MOVES INTO SECOND ROUND OF DAVIS CUP Jaipur (PTI): India carved out an authentic doubles victory over Indonesia at the Jai Club here March 30 to move into the second round of the Asia/Oceania zone Davis Cup competitions. The new doubles combination of Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes blasted the Beijing Asian Games bronze medalists pair from Indonesia, Bonit Wiryawan and Daniel Heryanto 6-2 6-3 6-3 in exactly 100 minutes to give India an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the firstround tie. SOURCE: NEWS INDIA, APRIL 5, 1991 Peace, .....Pallab _____________________________________________________________________________ Edited by Surekha. _____________________________________________________________________________ --
pall@ecn.purdue.edu (Pallab K Bhattacharyya) (04/23/91)
1. NEW DELHI NEGOTIATING FOR WORLD BANK LOAN SERIOUS FISCAL CRISIS, SAYS RBI CHIEF Bombay: India is negotiating $3 to $4 billion in fresh loans from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to see the country through a serious fiscal crisis, Reserve Bank of India governor S.Venkitaramanan said. "We have not talked to anybody about rescheduling," the central bank governor told Reuters in an interview at the weekend. 2. V.P.SINGH'S NEPHEW JOINS BJP CITES ITS STAND ON AYODHYA New Delhi: Anand Singh, nephew of former Prime Minister V.P.Singh and Congress-I MP, Ram Nagina Misra, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on April 11. Both of them were present at the BJP daily press briefing along with the party chief, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi. 3. `CONGRESS WILL GET MAJORITY': GGANDHI New Delhi (ANI): "Congress (I) will get a majority," party president Rajiv Gandhi declared on April 13. In a question-and -answer session with Delhi-based foreign journalists, he further declared that the last one and a half years had devastated the country. 5 SCHEDULE FOR LOK SABHA ELECTIONS New Delhi (PTI): Following is the schedule announced on April 12 for themidterm elections to the Lower House of the Parliament and five states and one Union Territory in May 1991. Date of issue of notification: April 14 Last date for filing nominations: April 26 Scrutiny: April 27 Last date for withdrawal of canditatures: April 29 Dates of Polls: May 20, 23 and 26 Dates of Completion: May 31 State Assemblies going to polls along with the Lok Sabha are: Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Pondichery. Source: NEWS INDIA, APRIL 19, 1991 Pallab ============================================================================= Edited by Surekha --
gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Reddy Gaddam) (04/27/91)
NEWS (April 26) Compiled from Times of India, India West and other newsgroups. Election countdown The last date for withdrawal is April 29. Elections for LS and assembly in Punjab and Assam will be held in June. The electorate is estimated to be 517 million. Election sidelights Although Victor Banerji was indeed given a Congress ticket earlier, Former Test player Chetan Chauhan may also contest for BJP in UP. Janata Dal crisis Earlier most of the members of the erstwhile Jan Morcha quit their party positions and said that they would not contest the polls. The more prominent leaders included Arun Nehru, Arif Khan and Satyapal Malik. 9 former MLAs of UP did the same. In statements to the press, the leaders said that they were unhappy with the personality cult in the party and the way that differing opinions were being suppressed. It is understood that they were unhappy with the way VPS has taken up the Mandal recommendations as a prestige issue. Subsequently the above three leaders were expelled from the Janata Dal. At least one of them (Khan) will be contesting. The JD meanwhile has made an alliance in Haryana with a new party formed by Bansi Lal, who was recently expelled by the Congress. Terrorism and crime The two Swedish engineers kidnapped in Kashmir are still in the hands of the militants. In the meantime security forces have captured the leader of the Janbaaz militant group which is allegedly responsible for the kidnapping. while Amnesty and the UN have protested against the kidnapper's demands andsaid that the hostages should be released. In an unrelated incident, dacoits killed another Swedish engineer near Hyderabad Sind. In the same area, dacoits continue to hold two Japanese students who were kidnapped during a trip down the Indus. 7 persons were killed in a series of bomb blasts in Bombay. It is not clear who was responsible. Neighbours The US will deliver 11 F-16s to Pakistan as replacements and 60 more will be delivered by 1996, even though the US is supposedly not happy with Pakistan now. Economy Even though India is facing an unprecedented shortage of foreign exchange, the finance minister said that India will not default on its loans and interest payments. The IMF will resume talks for a further $2 billion loan r a new government is elected. They had disbursed $1.79 billion in January. Meanwhile, the official exchange rates showed the dollar crossing the 20-rupee mark for the first time. To put it differently, the rupee sank below the 5-cent mark for the first time. It is expected that by the end of the year the exchange rate will be at least Rs 23/$. It may be recalled that the corresponding figure was Rs 15 two years ago and Rs 17 one year ago. (Those of you who financed their education here with loans from India should be happy since it will be easier to repay from abroad.) Miscellanious news: Kerala has been officially declared 100% literate. Over 50 persons have been killed by tigers (real ones) in the Sunderbans lat month. Cricket West Indies won the 4th test against Australia at Bridgetown by 343 runs. They thus won the series leading 2-0 with one to go. The highlight was Ajai Banerjee ================================================================= Edited by surekha Reddy Gaddam
pall@ecn.purdue.edu (Pallab K Bhattacharyya) (05/15/91)
SOURCE: NEWS INDIA, MAY 10, 1991 -------------------------------- 1. PAKISTAN RECEIVED SECRET SHIPMENT OF URANIUM, SAYS INDIA New Delhi: India said on May 6 that Pakistan had received a secret shipment of uranium at the port of Karachi which would be moved to Hyderabad city. A senior government source, who asked not to be identified, said the uranium arrived on May 5 and would be carried to Hyderabad by military trucks ona road from which all other traffic has been banned. 2. POLLS IN PUNJAB WILL BE FRAUGHT WITH DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES Patna: The elections in Punjab under the existing circumstances "will befraught with dangerous consequences," Congress-I president Rajiv Gandhi told reporters May 6. The former Prime Minister felt that free and fair elections were not possible in Punjab at this stage. 3. SHIPPING CORP.'S SEVEN-DAY HIGH SEAS ORDEAL ENDS Visakhapatnam (PTI): The seven-day ordeal of passengers and crew of a Shipping Corporation of India's passenger vessel on high seas ended May 3. The immobilized passenger vessel, M.Vanaja-II, was towed by another ship and berthedat Visakhapatnam Port. 4. GUNMEN KILL 3 CPM WORKERS IN U.P. New Delhi (Reuter): Gunmen killed three Communist Party workers and wounded 10 other people in violence ahead of this month's general election. Gunmen on May 3 sprayed bullets at a jeep carrying Communist Party of India (CPI) campaigners near Ghazipur town, 185 miles from Lucknow.
gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Reddy Gaddam) (06/03/91)
================================================ From: Ajai Banerji ajax@leland.stanford.edu NEWS: From Times of India - India West ================================================ GENERAL: The Punjab government has asked for postponement of elections there by about a week. This is because the delay in elections elsewhere will affect the deployment of security forces there. At least 33 were killed in clashes throughout the country following RG's assassination. Most of the incidents were in TN,AP and Tripura. Some DMK offices were burnt. In Tripura, Congress supporters set fire to houses of Communist supporters. Apart from this, at least 13 persons committed suicide after hearing the tragic news. Most of these cases were in TN. MAHARASHTRA: A major storm has erupted over Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's remarks that Gandhiji was responsible for partition and that Godse should be regarded as a patriot. Veteran CPI leader S.A.Dange died at the age of 91. He was given a state funeral by the Maharashtra government. MISCELLANY Although it is unclear whether Narasimha Rao will be the next PM, trivia collectors might like to know that he is a widower with 3 sons and 5 daughters. CRICKET: England won all three one-day internationals against West Indies, by margins of 1 wicket, 7 runs and 7 wickets. Their team includes newcomers Graeme Hick and an UK-born desi Mark Ramprakash, besides veteran Ian Botham. Graham Gooch continues as captain. ============================================================================
ajax@leland.stanford.edu (Ajai Banerji) (06/15/91)
===================================================================== Sources: India West, Times of India ajax@leland.stanford.edu (Ajai Banerji) ===================================================================== NEWS-June 14 The following is from India West, June 14 ELECTION RUNUP It now appears likely that there will be a bitter battle for leadership of the Congress Parliamentary Party. Although Narasimha Rao is said to favor selection by consensus, a sizable number of younger leaders are insistent on a seccret ballot. At last count elections had been countermanded in 10 LS and 23 VS seats. In 5 LS seats the reason was large-scale malpracctices on the polling day. These are Patna, Purnea, Meerut, Bulandshahr and Etawah. Same for 15 VS seats in UP. Elections in the following LS seats were countermanded due to the deaths of candidates:Nanded, Dhenkanal, Kutch, Barh and Gaya. Same for 6 VS seats in Punjab, 1 in TN and 1 in Assam. CPM and BJP are boyccotting the polls in Tripura in protest against violence by Congress workers. PREDICTIONS The bookies at Bombay's Satta Bazar seem to think that although Congress will get the most seats, Advani stands the best chance of becoming PM. Here are some odds being offered: Congress will get 200 seats: 7.5 to 10. i.e. if you bet Rs 10 on this occurence you will get Rs 7.50 if it comes true. BJP will get 200 seats:35 to 10 Advani beccomes PM: 25 to 10 Vajpayee becomes PM: 30 to 10 Narasimha Rao becomes PM: 50 to 10 V.P. Singh becomes PM: 50 to 10 (They do not seem to think Chandrasekhar is worth betting on). ECONOMY The government's sale of 20 tons of confiscated gold to raise about $200 million has been sharply ccriticized by other parties. The finance minister clarified that it was only mortgaged and not sold, and that the gold would be returned after 6 months. This action was essentially to avert a situation where India would default on its $70 billion foreign debt for the first time. However, short term loans from various countries like Japan, UK, Germany and Netherlands have come through to tide over the present situation. But the IMF will not sanction any further borrowing until a new budget is passed. The World Bank continues to grant loans for specified projects. It was reported that the World Bank has insisted on devaluation of the rupee, but they have denied this. In any case the rupee is linked to a basket of currencies and the exchange rate changes every day. Thus there has been an effective devaluation of 50% against the dollar over the past 3 years. Financial analysts feel that the dollar will cross the 25-rupee mark before the end of the year. (COMMENT: This will make it more and more difficult for Indian students to study in the US without aid. On the other hand, those already here who had financed their education with loans from India will find it much easier to repay.) ASSASSINATION UPDATE The mysterious man in the kurta-pajama has been identified as Raghu alias Raghuraman, who is believed to be LTTE's intelligence chief. A police officer who was injured in the blast squarely blamed Congress workers for disrupting security at the meeting site, as they allowed unrestricted access to the venue and disobeyed police officals. Further, a woman constable had indeed tried to keep the assassin away but RG himself encouraged the assassin to come forward. TERRORISM A Vancouver court sentenced I.S.Reyat to 10 years in jail for his part in a bomb explosion at Tokyo airport in which 2 persons were killed. There is strong circumstantial evidence that the persons behind this blast were also responsible for the sabotage of an Air India plane on the same day in which 329 persons were killed. But no one is likely to be convicted of this crime since the physical evidence lies at the bottom of the sea. In the Tokyo case, it was clearly proved that the accused had purchased the components used in the bomb. The two kidnapped Swedish engineers continue to be untraced. It is over three months sincce they were abducted by the Jaanbaaz group in Kashmir. PAKISTAN Pakistan's new policy of economic liberalization is in full swing. For example, a Paris-based company owned by the Aga Khan has been allowed to set up an airline which will compete with PIA on domestic routes. It may later be allowed to start international flights. The large state telecom network is also being offered for sale. This is one of the 150 state enterprises which are being privatized. Former PM Mustafa Jatoi alleged that his hotel room was bugged during a recent visit to Islamabad. The government has ordered an enquiry. INDIA AND USA A California congressman Wally Herger has proposed a bill seeking to deny India most-favored-nation status unless Amnesty is allowed to probe alleged excesses in Punjab. A similar bill is already pending in the House. A Guntur-born Stanford freshman, Laxmi Poruri, was a key player in that university's recent victory in the national women's tennis championship. CRICKET England defeated West Indies by 115 runs in the first test at Leeds. This was their first home victory against WI in 22 years. An England player of Indian origin, Mark Ramprakash, scored 27 and 27 on debut besides taking a few catches. The much-heralded Graeme Hick did not fare so well on his debut, scoring only 6 and 6. India is will play a test series in Australia this winter just before the world cup. NOTE: Most of the above items are from Reuters and NOT UNI and PTI. ====================================================================== The following is from Times of India, week ending June 6: ELECTION TRIVIA An independent candidate called Dharti Pukar is contesting from as many as 17 LS and 35 VS seats, most of them being VIP constituencies. Major parties are annoyed, since if anything happens to him all 52 contests will be countermanded. As many as 200 independent candidates are contesting from one VS seat in Tamil Nadu. Polling was held in some isolated areas of Meghalaya on May 22-since the news of postponement had not reached the officials there. These areas are now having a repoll. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY An Indian farmers organization is likely to sell foodgrains on credit to Iraq. Although such transactions are permitted by the UN sanctions, most other countries are unwilling to extend credit to Iraq. India's first indigenously built missile boat was handed over by Mazagon Docks to the Navy. It will be recalled that similar Soviet-built boats were quite successful in the 1971 war. The railways are introducing a new Rajdhani-type train which will run between Bombay and New Delhi 3 times a week, in addition to the existing Rajdhani which runs 6 times a week. MISCELLANY After Kerala has reached the goal of "total literacy", Bengal is likely to follow soon. Burdwan district has reached this level already. Film director Raj Khosla is dead.
gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Reddy Gaddam) (06/16/91)
Path: athena.mit.edu!sreddy From: sreddy@athena.mit.edu (Suresh Reddy) Approved: gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu Punjab ------ BBC (Chandan Mitra of "The Sunday Observer" of Delhi did most of the talking.) In Ludhiana dist., there were terrorist attacks on two trains. They occurred 15 minutes of each other. Gunmen fired indiscriminately on passengers. At least a hundred are dead. This is part of a systematic campaign by the ultra-extremists to get elections canceled. There were assassination attempts on the home minister, Sahay who is contesting from Punjab and the Doordarshan director, earlier. Several election candidates have been killed causing cancellation of elections for 1/4th of the Punjab assembly seats. With this outrage, the elections scheduled next week may not be held at all. Congress and a Communist party are already boycotting the elections. Elections --------- BBC Parliament with Congress emerging as the largest parliamentary party. BJP is expected to finish second. Alliance between Congress and Communists or a faction of Janata Dal is expected. Financial crisis ---------------- The Economist India's credit rating has been downgraded several times recently, warning banks not to lend until the country agrees on a reform package with the IMF. India hopes this will bring $2 bn by Sept. and a further $5 bn over three years, under IMF's enhanced structural adjustment facility. Foreign debt, $21 bn a decade ago, is now $71 bn. For long, this wasn't a worry to bankers since much of it came from aid. Even today, only 1/5th is owed to commercial banks. Of this $14 bn, $5.5 bn is short term. $2.5 bn oF India's bonds are in circulation abroad. India also holds around $12 bn of foreign exchange deposits, from non-resident citizens, who get a special interest-rate premium. But these deposits have virtually stagnated since last August. Foreign exchange reserves were down to $1.2 bn in April, barely three weeks of imports. An IMF loan of $1.8 bn in Jan. staved off a disaster when the reserves were down to $1 bn. Now, the govt. is selling gold abroad. Until the Gulf crisis, India had been cutting its debt-service ratio, from 31.6% of exports in 86-87 to 26.3% in 89-90. Exports were rising at 25% a year. But imports also rose as fast or faster, fueled by fiscal profligacy. The IMF and the World Bank feel fiscal discipline is the main remedy. But they also want reforms in industry (fewer controls, encouragement of foreign investment), in trade (lower tariffs, fewer non-tariff controls), and in finance (cleansing bank balance sheets of huge dud loans, lowering the 55% of bank loans that go to govt. at concessional rates, insulating state-owned banks from political and bureaucratic arm-twisting). The soon-to be elected govt. will have little choice but to accept this. If so, the commercial banks will resume lending: India's debt-service ratio is slight compared with Mexico's 55% plus or Brazil's 80% in the early 80s. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- END OF ARTICLE
ramani@shakti.ernet.in (06/20/91)
Newdel
Mr h s hanspal, whose name also figured among the
signatories to the statement, denied having been associated
with the demand of the 40 M.Ps.
+ I was present at the dinner at Mr n k p salve's
residence last night but refused to sign any statement,+he
said.
Mr rajesh pilot, an M.P from rajasthan who was playing
the role of a mediator in resolving the leadership issue,also
denied that he had signed the statement.
M.Ps from Madhya Pradesh met late tonight to decide
their future course of action.
A meeting of the parliamentary party is likely to be
convened tomorrow to elect its leader who may immediately
stake the party's claim to form the government.
Newdel
ls party position 2200 hours
New Delhi, June 19 following is the Lok Sabha
party position at 2200 hrs hours today.
Total seats : 543
elections held : 511
results declared : 492
inc : 220
BJP : 117
JD : 51
CPI (M) : 35
CPI : 13
SJP : 5
tdp : 12
AIADMK : 11
jmm : 6
Shiv Sena : 4
iuml : 2
Congress (s) : 1
others : 15
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Newdel
Cong (I)-ld-meeting two reopens del 187
asked to comment on the demand by some M. P.s that the
Views of the members should be ascertained by a secret ballot
on the choice of the cpp-ileader, Mr azad said the
contingency has been met by the procedure laid down by the
cpb.
According to the procedure finalised by the board at its
late meeting, senior leaders, Mr k Karunakaran and mr s s ray
will hold discussions with the M. P.s from nine a.M tomorrow to
arrive at a consensus of the election of the cpp-ileader.
Besides the five cpb members, the meeting presided by
the party president, Mr P V narasimha Rao, was attended by six
Chief Ministers including Mr sharad pawar of Maharashtra, who
is reportedly still one of the contenders for the post of the
cpp-ileader.
The other Chief Ministers were Mr n janardhan reddy of
Andhra Pradesh, Mr s bangarappa of Karnataka, mr Lalthanhawla
of mizoram, Mr s r mazumdar of tripura and mr gegong apang of
arunachal Pradesh. The other cpb members were Mr Arjun Singh,
Mr Karunakaran,mr ghulam nabi azad and mr sitaram kesari.
End of Second Article
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Newdel
Cong (I)-ld-meeting two reopens del 187
asked to comment on the demand by some M. P.s that the
Views of the members should be ascertained by a secret ballot
on the choice of the cpp-ileader, Mr azad said the
contingency has been met by the procedure laid down by the
cpb.
According to the procedure finalised by the board at its
late meeting, senior leaders, Mr k Karunakaran and mr s s ray
will hold discussions with the M. P.s from nine a.M tomorrow to
arrive at a consensus of the election of the cpp-ileader.
Besides the five cpb members, the meeting presided by
the party president, Mr P V narasimha Rao, was attended by six
Chief Ministers including Mr sharad pawar of Maharashtra, who
is reportedly still one of the contenders for the post of the
cpp-ileader.
The other Chief Ministers were Mr n janardhan reddy of
Andhra Pradesh, Mr s bangarappa of Karnataka, mr Lalthanhawla
of mizoram, Mr s r mazumdar of tripura and mr gegong apang of
arunachal Pradesh. The other cpb members were Mr Arjun Singh,
Mr Karunakaran,mr ghulam nabi azad and mr sitaram kesari.
End of Third Article
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Lucknow
BJP wins 50 ls seats and on course to form govt in up
lucknow, June 19 (PTI) the Bharatiya Janata party bagged
the largest number of 50 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and
needed 45 more assembly to be able to form its own government
in the state as the counting of votes continued on the fourth
day today.
Of the 81 Lok Sabha results declared so far, the Janata
Dal came next securing 21 seats. Three had been countermanded.
The Congress-icould win only five seats, including that
of late Rajiv Gandhi. The Samajwadi janaa party had got four
while the CPI only one seat.
Result of the salempur parliamentary constituency, from
where the railway Minister, Mr janeshwar mishra, was
contesting as a SJP nominee, was yet to be announced.
Lucknow
today's notable losers were Mr.T.N. Chaturvedi, former
comptroller and auditor general of India, contesting from
kannauj Lok Sabha constituency as BJP nominee, and Mrs
Rajendra Kumari Bajpai, senior Congress (I) leader and former
Union Minister, trying to retain her traditional sitapur seat.
Others who had lost during the last 24 hours were Mr
Braham Dutt, Mr Sharad Yadav, and Mrs Mohsina Kidwai, former
union Ministers.
The well-known cricketer, Mr chetan chauhan, was however
declared elected from amroha.
The BJP maintained its winning spree and secured 168
seats as the results were still tricklng in.
For the 425-member assembly, only 404 results would come
as elections in 21 constituencies had been countermanded.
Newdel
Cong(I)-meeting
Cong parliamentary board meets to finalise cpp meeting
New Delhi, June 19 () the central parliamentary board
of the Congress (I) began its meeting a little before midnight
tonight to finalise the date and time of the crucial meeting
of the Congress (I) parliamentary party to elect its leader.
Six Chief Ministers, including Maharashtra's Mr sharad
pawar, a contender for the post, are attending the meeting as
special invitees.
The other Chief Ministers are Mr janardhan reddy of
Andhra Pradesh, Mr s bangarappa of Karnataka, mr Lalthanhaula
of mizoram, Mr s r majumdar of tripura and mr gegong apang of
arunachal Pradesh.
The meeting, presided over by Congress (I) president, Mr
p v narasimha Rao, is being attended by Mr Arjun Singh, mr k
Karunakaran, Mr sitaram kesari and mr ghulam nabi azad.
ccp meets tomorrow to elect leader
New Delhi, June 19 () the Congress-iparliamentary party will
meet at four pm tomorrow to elect its leader, the aicc-igeneral secretary,
Mr ghulam nabi azad, announced tonight.
The Congress-iparliamentary board at its meeting late tonight
decided that senior leaders Mr k Karunakaran and Mr s s ray will meet the
party mps of both houses of parliament to evolve a consensus on
the leadership issue.
Both the leaders will hold consultations with the mps from 9 am
at the aicc-ioffice here, Mr azad said.
Newdel
Cong (I)-meeting-pawar pawar declines to say whether or not he was in race
new Delhi, June 19 () the Maharashtra Chief Minister,
Mr sharad pawar, tonight declined to say whether or not he was
in the race for the leadership of the Congress (I)
parliamentary party.
+Ask the party general secretary, he will brief you+,
was his repeated reply to queries from reporters in this
regard as he emerged out of the meeting of the party
parliamentary board held at the aicc-iheadquarters.
Mr pawar as also five other party Chief Ministers had
attended the meeting presided by the party president, Mr p.V.
Narasimha Rao as special invitees.
End of Fourth Article
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MADRAS
MR.KATHIKEYAN SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THESE STAGES OF THE
PORTRAITS BUILT UP METICULOUSLY BY THE SIT THROUGH THE
PORTRAIT-BUILDING SYSTEM THAT THE RIGHT PICTURE OF MURUGAN WAS
AVAILABLE WITH CBI SEARCH TEAMS.
WHEN HE LANDED IN SAIDAPET FROM VILLUPURAM, ENABLING HIS
ARREST.
HE SAID POLICE FORCES HAD PREVIOUSLY USED 'IDENTIKITS'
AND 'PORTRAIT PARLEYS' IN CONJUCTION WITH AN ARTIST WHEREVER
NECESSARY TO BUILD UP THE IMAGE OF SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN
CRIMES.
WITH THE ADVENT OF COMPUTERS AND GRAPHIC PRESENTATION,
POSSIBLE PORTRAITS WERE NOW BEING BUILT UP ON COMPUTER SCREENS
BY COMPOSING THE SUSPECTS' FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS, HE ADDED.
THE NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU (NCRB) UNDER THE
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE
PORTRAIT-BUILDING SYSTEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, HE SAID, ADDING
THAT THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE HD BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE NCRB WITH
THE ASSISTANCE OF EXPERTS IN THE FIELD.
THE DATA BASE OF VARIOUS FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS HAD BEEN
BUILT UP BY COLLECTING THESE FEATURES WITH THE HELP OF
ANTHROPOLOGISTS, HE SAID.
NEW DELHI, JUNE 19 () ALL BUT ONE OF THE 39
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES IN THE AIADMK- CONGRESS (I) ALLIANCE
HAVE WON BY AN IMPRESSIVE MARGIN OF MORE THAN ONE LAKH VOTES
IN TAMIL NADU TO TAKE THEIR BERTH IN THE TENTH LOK SABHA.
THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO HAVE WON BY A LESS MARGIN WAS THE
CONGRESS (I) CANDIDATE IN NAGAPATTINAM, DR PADMA, WHO CLINCHED
THE SEAT BY A MARGIN OF 25,716 VOTES BEATING HER NEAREST RIVAL
M SELVARASU OF THE CPI.
BOTH THE DMK AND JANATA DAL CANDIDATES HAVE HAD TO TAKE
A DRUBBING AT THE HANDS OF THE FORMIDABLE AIADMK-CONGRESS (I)
ALLIANCE WITH THE VICTORY MARGINS RANGING FROM ONE LAKH VOTES
TO OVER THREE LAKH VOTES.
AN APPARENT INFERENCE IS THAT THE PERSONAL CHARISMA OF
MS JAYCLALITHA COMBINED WITH THE SYMPATHY WAVE GENERATED BY
THE ASSASINATION OF MR RAJIV GANDHI ON MAY 21 LAST RESULTED IN
THE CLEAN SWEEP FOR THE ALLIANCE, WHICH TOOK ALL THE 39 SEATS
IT CONTESTED -- THE CONGRESS (I) WINNING ALL 28 AND AIADMK ALL
11 CONTESTED.
MADRAS, JUNE 19 () THE NEW AIADMK MINSTRY< HEADED BY
MISS JAYALALITHA IS LIKELY TO BE SWORN IN NEXT MONDAY, JUNE
24, ACCORDING TO PRESENT INDICATIONS.
THE PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY, MISS JAYALALITHA, HAS
CONVENED A MEETING OF THE NEWLY ELECTED MLAS HERE ON JUN 21,
WHEN SHE WILL BE FORMALLY ELECTED LEADER OF THE 161-STRONG
AIADMK LEGISLATURE PARTY. THE MEETING WAS SLATED TO BE HELD
YESTERDAY, BUT WAS POSTPONED.
SHE IS LIKELY TO CALL ON THE SANKARACHARYAS OF KANCHI
KAMAKOTI PEETAM AT KANCHIPURAM NEAR HERE IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER
ELECTION AS LEGISLATURE PARTY LEADER. THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO
HAVE THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY ON JUN 21 WAS CHANGED, AS IT WAS
ON THE SAME DAY LAST MONTH THAT RAJIV GANDHI WAS ASSASSINATED.
FORTY-THREE-YEAR OLD MISS JAYALALITHA WILL BE THE
YOUNGEST CHIEF MINISTER OF THE STCTE, AND THE SECOND FILM
ACTRESS TO OCCUPY THE HIGH OFFICE. MRS JANAKI RAMACHANDRAN WAS
THE FIRST. THE LATE M G RAMACHANDRAN WAS THE FIRST FILM ACTOR
TO BECOME THE CHIEF MINISTER IN THE COUNTRY.
MEANWHILE, 18 ROOMS IN THE STATE SECRETARIAT HAVE BEEN
SPRUCED UP AND KEPT READY FOR THE NEW MINISTERS.
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Newdel Rao-profile two
Mr Rao started his political career as a Congress
activist during the freedom movement in the erstwhie Hyderabad
state. He was the general secretary of the Hyderabad state
Congress committee and became its vice-president in 1956.
He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh legislative
assembly for the first time in 1957 from manthani constituency
in karimNagar district.
He held a wide range of Ministerial posts during the two
decades he served in the legislature. This included a two-year
tenure as chief minsiter from 1971 to 1973 when he succeeded
Congress stalwart, Mr brahmananda reddy.
While implementing a number of revolutionary measures
including his land reforMs policy as the Chief Minister, he
saw to it that in the 1972 assembly elections nearly 75 per
cent of the Congress tickets were given to candidates from the
scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes.
These measures won for the party an impressive number of
220 seats in an assembly of 270.
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Mr Rao became the consensus choice of the party for the
top parliamentary post after two days of hectic lobbying and
confabulations at various levels in the party.
A section of the party members, owing allegiance to the
Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr sharad pawar, had demanded a
secret ballot to decide the leadership issue even as Mr pawar
had thrown his hat in the ring.
To counter the demand, the supporters of Mr Rao had
advocated the concept of the consensus, which they felt was
necessary for keeping the unity of the party.
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a meeting of the central parliamentary board was held
here late last night to resolve the issue of procedure of
selection of the parliamentary party leader in the wake of an
assertion by Mr suresh kalmadi, mp, a close associate of mr
pawar, that the demand for secret ballot was gaining ground.
The parliamentary board meeting, which was also attended
by Mr pawar and five other party Chief Ministers as special
invitees, unanimously decided to ask senior party leaders Mr
k. Karunakaran and Mr s.S. Ray to ascertain the views of the
members in the matter today.
Even as the two leaders were in the process of
ascertaining the views of party members, Mr pawar called on
the party president, Mr Rao, to extend him his support to
facilitate the unanimous election of the leader.
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In a letter to the President, Mr R.Venkataraman, the
secretary of the Congress(I) parliamentary party, Mr t.Chandra
shekhara reddy, informed him that Mr Narasimha Rao was
unanimously declared elected leader of the parliamentary
party.
He said the mps of both houses met this evening and
elected Mr Narasimha Rao.
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Mr Rao moved to Delhi as aicc general secretary in 1975
and continued in that position till 1976. During that period,
he played a key role in drafting the political, economic and
foreign policy resolutions for the aicc session at kamagatur
Nagar in Chandigarh.
In the 1977 general elections, he was one of the few
Congress heavy weights to withstand the Janata 'wave' and
enter the Lok Sabha. He was elected from the hanmakonda lok
Sabha constituency.
Since then Mr Rao has held several important Ministerial
posts, including the defence, external affairs, home and hUman
resource development portfolios at the centre.
An accomplished linguist fluent in many languages, Mr
Rao was made the Minister for external affairs in the Indira
Gandhi cabinet when the Congress-icame back to power in 1980.
He was moved to the ministry of home affairs in july
1984, a month after the +operation bluestar+. He continued in
that post till Mr Rajiv Gandhi constituted his cabinet after
the party's victory in the eighth Lok Sabha elections in
december 1984.
Newdel Rao-profile four last
Mr Rao first served as the union Minister for defence in
the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet before he was given the hUman
resource development portfolio. He headed the newly formed
ministry of hUman resource development, a synthesis of several
ministries.
In June 1988, Mr Rao was shifted to the ministry of
external affairs and held the post till the Congress-iwas
voted out of power in the 1989 general elections.
A versatile personality, Mr Rao is a recipient of
'sahitya ratna' degree in hindi literature and is actively
associated with the +dakshin Bharat hindi prashar Sabha.+
As a lawyer, hr participated in the vandemataram
movement in the erstwhile Hyderabad state under the leadership
of swami ramananda tirth.
Author of many fictions in hindi, marathi and telugu, Mr
Rao has been the chairman of the telugu academy. He has also
translated many books into telugu and hindi.
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Calcutta
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Calcutta, June 20: PTI: following is the final party
position in 294-member west Bengal legislative assembly :
total seats : 294
declared : 294
C.P.M. -- 182
R.S.P. -- 18
F.B.L. -- 29
C.P.I. -- 6
S.P. -- 4
D.S.P. -- 2
M.F.B. -- 2
R.C.P.I. -- 1
(Left front's total 244)
i.N.C. -- 43
S.U.C. -- 2
G.N.L.F. -- 3
Jharkhand -- 1
j.D. -- 1
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Pawar not moving to centre
New Delhi, June 20 the maharasthra Chief Minister
Mr sharad pawar who opted out of the contest for the Congress
(I) parliamentary party leadership today said he has no
intention of coming over to the centre and would prefer to
remain in his home state.
+My home is Bombay. I am happy there+, he told newsmen
as he arrived in the central hall of parliament to attend the
cpp(I) meeting which elected Mr p v narasimha Rao as leader.
Asked if his name was considered at any stage for the
post of deputy PrimeMinister, Mr pawar said he was strongly
opposed to the concept of deputy PrimeMinister. +My advice to
Mr Rao is--dont create the post of deputy PrimeMinister.
There should not be two centres of power+, he said.
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Rao-pawar 2
Mr pawar said he had always discouraged moves to create
the deputy Chief Minister's post in maharaSthra.
+I am not a davedar (claimant) for the organisational
post either+, he replied when asked if he would succeed Mr
narasimha Rao as the Congress (I) president.
Mr pawar said if mr narasimha Rao wanted he would be too
happy to offer a Lok Sabha seat to him from maharasthra. Mr
Rao, who had opted out of the last Lok Sabha election, had
represented ramtek Lok Sabha constituency in maharasthra
twice.
Question: were you a candidate for the leader's post ?.
Mr pawar: i am happy as Chief Minister.
Question: will you prefer to come to the centre?.
Mr pawar: nobody has invited me to come to Delhi.
Asked if he would continue as Chief Minister of
maharasthra, Mr pawar quipped: +nobody has told me that i
should not continue+.
Lucknow
state-position up 1800 hrs
lucknow, jun 20 following is the party position
for the assembly at 1800hrs
state: Uttar Pradesh seats: 425 declared :400
(countermanded-21)
party contested won leading trailing
1. BJP 422 209
2. JD 385 90
3. Inc 424 45
4. SJP 414 30
5. Bsp 389 12
6. CPI 042 04
7. Others 10
poll-notification
ec notification to cover 502 of 511 ls constituencies
New Delhi, June 20 () the election commission
today cleared 502 of the 511 parliamentary constituencies
for inclusion in the notification constituting the tenth Lok
Sabha.
The chief election commissioner Mr T N Seshan
told newsmen here that the due constitution notification
will be issued later today and may exclude nine seats for
which results were not not yet ready.
The constituencies whose results are yet to be declared
are: gauhati(assam), banka, sasaram and bikramganj (bihar)
and salempur(u.P.).
While counting was still on in guwahati, salempur and
banka, the results in sasaram and bikramganj had been held up
because of an embargo by the commission which had now been
lifted.
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Narasimha Rao invited by President to form Government
The President, Mr R Venkataraman, invited Mr Rao to form
the new government and prove his majority within four weeks.
The swearing-in ceremony will be at 1250 hours, Mr Rao told newsmen
at rashtrapati bhavan after his 40-minute meeting with the presdient.
Replying to questions, Mr Rao said + we will take appropriate
decision soon regarding seeking support of other parties.
New Delhi,June 20 () Mr.P.V. Narasimha Rao, chosen
unanimously today as the leader of the Congress-i
parliamentary party, will be sworn-in tomorrow as India's
ninth PrimeMinister.
The 70-year-old scholar politician, who succeeded
Mr.Rajiv Gandhi as the Congress-ichief, met the President, Mr
R Venkataraman, and staked his claim to form the government.
While inviting Mr Rao to constitute the ministry, the
president asked him to prove his majority on the floor of the
Lok Sabha within four weeks.
Heading the single largest party in the Lok Sabha with
224 members and supported by 16 members of allied parties, Mr
Rao's government falls 16 short of absolute majority in a
house with an effective strength of 511.
Neither the BJP nor the national front-left front
combine has voiced opposition to formation of the Congress-i
government.
The way for Mr.Rao's unanimous election was paved
following the withdrawal by the Maharashtra Chief Minister,Mr
Sharad Pawar, from the leadership race.
New Delhi, June 20 () the Prime Minister-designate,
Mr P.V. Narasimha Rao, said tonight he felt +humble and
confident+ in assuming office of the head of government of the
world's largest democracy.
The 70-year old Mr Rao was talking to newsmen in the
forecourt of rasthrapati bhawan after a 40-minute meeting with
the president, Mr r.Venkataraman.
Mr Rao will become the ninth Prime Minister of the
country after the swearing-in ceremony at 1250 hours tomorrow.
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CHAUTALA RESIGNS AS SJP GEN SECY
NEW DELHI, JUNE 20 () MR OM PRAKASH CHAUTALA, GENERAL
SECRETARY, SAMAJWADI JANATA PARTY, TODAY RESIGNED THE PARTY
POST OWNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PARTY'S DEBACLE IN THE LOK
SABHA AND IN HARYANA ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS.
MR CHAUTALA, A FORMER CHIEF MINISTER, ALSO RESIGNED
AS PRESIDENT OF THE HARYANA SAMAJWADI JANATA PARTY.
THIS WAS STATED BYHE PARTY PRESIDENT, MR DEVI LAL, WHO
SAID THE RESIGNATION OF MR CHAUTALA WOULD BE CONSIDERED AT A
MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE OF THE PARTY.
MR DEVI LAL SAID THE PRESIDENT OF THE MAHARASHTRA UNIT
OF THE PARTY, MR P K ANNA PATIL, HAS ALSO RESIGNED FROM THE
PARTY POST.
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Rajiv Gandhi Assination Suspects:
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MURUGAN WAS LTTE MEMBER, SAYS CBI
Chengalpattu (TN) June 15 () Murugan alias Dass,
arrested by the CBI last night, was a member of the LTTE and
had been given a specific assignment by the group in the
assassination of the former Prime Minister, Mr Rajiv Gandhi,
the CBI stated in its affidavit filed before the Chief
Judicial Magistrate, Chengalpattu.
Murugan and Indian born Nalini, who were arrested last
night by a CBI team while alighting from a state transport bus
at Saidapet in Madras were remanded to 28 days police custody
by the Magistrate, Mr Vadivel Ratnam today.
The Magistrate, in his order said Nalini and Murugan,
who were arrested under the Terrorists and Disruptive
Actvitities (Prevention) act 1987, should not be illtreated
during police custody and should be fed at government cost and
provided normal facilities as per rule.
He directed that the two be produced before him by 1700
hrs on July 12.
In another order, the Magistrate allowed the police to
retain possession of belongings seized from Nalini and
Murugan.
Nalini, dressed in a pink salwar-kameez and Murugan, who
had recently tonsured his head were brought to court in
Chengalpattu amidst tight security.
A battery of press photographers clicked away as a
visibly tense Nalini and Murugan were brought to the court
premises.
CBI DSP Mr K Raghothaman, who is investigating the case,
in his affidavit stated that Murugan alias Dass was a Sri
Lankan Tamil hailing from Jaffna and was an LTTE member. He
said Murugan had been given an assignment by the LTTE in the
assassination of the former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi.
Murugan and Nalini were absconding for some time and had
tried to cross the Tamil nadu coast to enter Sri Lanka, but
their attempt was foiled as the police and the CBI had
maintained a strict vigil, sealing all escape routes, he said
in the affidavit.
Mr Raghothaman in his affidavit stated that Murugan was
apparently working in collusion with Sivaraja, a kurta-clad
man, seen in the photograph alongwith the alleged woman
assassin, who was also wanted in connection with the case.
He stated that Nalini was a key-conspirator in the case,
having harboured the alleged assassin and some other persons
wanted in the case. He said that Nalini and Murugan had worked
in collusion with several persons.
Stating that Nalini and Murugan were working with
several known and unknown suspects wanted by the CBI in the
case, Mr Raghothaman prayed that the two should be remanded to
police custody as investigation was in progress and the
involvement of any other persons and other facts had to be
brought to light.
The Magistrate, Mr Vadivelu Ratnam, remanded both the
arrested to 28 days police custody. The CBI sought 30 days
custody under the terrorist and disruptive activities
prevention act (TADA) as they wanted to question them on their
involvement besides that of others in the case.
The court ordered the CBI that all basic necessities be
provided to both Nalini and Murugan.
Nalini appeared shaken and looked pale while Murugan,
who was brought in handcuffs, seemed unmoved and emotionless.
Murugan was dressed in pants and shirts.
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Madras Rajiv-suspect 3
the owner said payas and his brother used to come to the
shop aften to buy groceries and pick up the messages about the
next days's calls. Occasionally, relatives of payas, like his
wife or sister, who was also staying with him, would receive
the calls, he said.
He said he could not make out the gist of the
conversation as he was preoccupied with business.
The shop owner said he was not aware of any calls to the
shop from abroad immediately after the killing as the shop was
closed till Mr Gandhi's funeral. However, after it was opened,
there were no calls from abroad or from any friend of Payas,
barring a local call a couple of days later, he said.
He said CBI men traced his shop through a telephone
number which seemed to have figured in the diary of shankar,
an LTTE man arrested at vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu after the
killing. He informed the CBI that the calls were meant for
payas and his brother, kanthan.
Congress-solarz
Congress adopts solarz substitute
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washington, June 20 () Congress wednesday night
defeated the burton amendment seeking a plebiscite in kashmir
by adopting a solarz substitute amendment.
The gist of the amendment, solarz's press secretary bob
hathaway told , describing the fast-moving events which led
to frustrating the intent of the supporter of the kashmiri
secessionists, namely Congressman burton, is as follows: the
solarz substitute that was adopted urges the government of
India to investigate all reports of human rights violations in
kashmir it urges India and pakistan to settle all their
disputes by peaceful means.
It urges the Indian government to undertake discussion
with reprsentatives of the people of kashmir.
It condemns acts of terror by militants in kashmir and
urges them to cease the use of force.
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guwahati,June 20:: the Congress(I) is all set to form
a government in assam by winning 65 of the 123 seats results
of which have been declared so far.
In naharkatia assembly seat rechecking of the rejected
votes began tonight following a complaint of Congress(I)
candidate, Mr. Hari phukan, who was trailing by only 57 rpt 57
votes at the end of the counting yesterday. The result of this
constituency, which was withheld, was expected to be announced
by midnight, official sources said.
The badarpur seat was countermanded following the death
of a natun asom gana parishad (nagp) candidate.
From the jalukbari assembly seat, former home Minister
and nagp working president, Mr. Bhrigu KUmar phukan won by a
huge margin.
The last result that of the guwahati (west) is yet to be
announced.
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Sharif rings up Rao, indo-pak issues be solved bilaterally
new Delhi, June 20 () the pakistan PrimeMinister, Mr
Nawaz Sharif, today hoped that all outstanding issues between
India and pakistan would be solved bilaterally, according to
radio pakistan.
The radio said Mr Sharif had a telephonic talk with mr
P. V. Narasimha Rao and congratulated him for leading the
Congress-iparty to success in the mid-term polls and on his
election as party leader to head the new Indian government.
Mr Sharif also hoped that both the countries would work
for his recent proposal for a five-nation conference on
nuclear non-proliferation in south asia, the radio said.
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MAJORITY FOR BJP IN UTTAR PRADESH ASSEMBLY
LUCKNOW, JUNE 20 () THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY WON
A MAJORITY IN THE UTTAR PRADESH ASSEMBLY, BAGGING 209 OF THE
400 DECLARED SEATS, WHILE RESULTS WERE EXPECTED FROM ONLY FOUR
MORE CONSTITUENCIES, TONIGHT.
THE JANATA DAL WON 90 SEATS, THE CONGRESS (I) 45, THE
SJP 30, THE BSP 12, CPI FOUR, CPI (M), AND SSD ONE EACH AND
INDEPENDENTS SEVEN. THE SHIV SENA, AN ALLY OF THE BJP, WON ONE
SEAT.
ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN COUNTERMANDED IN 21 ASSEMBLY
CONSTITUENCIES AND FRESH DATES FOR THE POLLS WERE TO BE
ANNOUNCED LATER. IN THE REMAINING FOUR CONSTITUENCIES, FROM
WHERE RESULTS WERE EXPECTED, REPOLLING WAS HELD IN ABOUT 50
POLLING BOOTHS TODAY.
THE BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY (BSP) OF MR KANSHI RAM HAD WON
13 SEATS IN THE LAST ASSEMBLY. THE CPI VICTORY WAS TWO LESS
THAN ITS TALLY OF SIX IN THE OLD ASSEMBLY.
GUWAHATI CAL32
LS POSITION ASM 1700 HRS (LOK SABHA)
STATE : ASSAM SEATS : 14 DECLARED : 12
PARTY CONTESTED WON
INC 14 6
BJP 8 2
AGP 14 1
CPM 2 1
IND 14 2
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PRI GEN XXXX (ASSEMBLY)
ST POSITION ASM 1700 HRS
STATE : ASSAM SEATS : 126 DECLARED : 118
PARTY CONTESTED WON
INC 125 65
AGP 121 17
IND 125 20
BJP 48 10
CPI 37 4
CPM 29 1
JD 96 1
MADRAS RAJIV-SUSPECT
PAYAS GOT CALLS FROM LANKAN TAMILS IN FOUR COUNTRIES
MADRAS, JUNE 20 () THE ONE-EYED MAIN ACCUSED IN THE
RAJIV GANDHI ASSASSINATION CASE, SIVARASAN, WAS A REGULAR
VISITOR AT THE HOUSE OF ROBERT PAYAS, ANOTHER ACCUSED IN THE
CASE, AT SUBURBAN PORUR HERE, A NEIGHBOUR SAID WHILE A
PROVISION STORE IN THE SAME AREA WAS THE 'DROP' POINT FOR
MESSAGES FROM JAFFNA, ITALY, DENMARK AND CANADA THROUGH PAYAS
TILL THE KILLING.
THE KURTA-CLAD SUSPECTED ACCOMPLICE, SIVARASAN, SPOTTED
AT THE ASSASSINATION SPOT BEFORE THE BOMB BLAST, USED TO STAY
AT THE RESIDENCE OF PAYAS, A SRI LANKAN TAMIL, WHO WAS
ARRESTED HERE ON JUNE 18, A NEIGHBOUR TOLD HERE TODAY.
SIVARASAN WAS ALWAYS SEEN WITH DARK GLASSES, APPARENTLY
TO GET OVER THE HANDICAP CAUSED BY THE LOSS OF HIS LEFT EYE,
THE NEIGHBOUR ADDED.
MEANWHILE, THE SPEICAL INVESTIGATION TEAM (SIT) PROBING
THE RAZIV GANDHI KILLING, HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE OWNER OF A
PROVISION STORE AT PORUR THAT PAYAS REGULARLY RECEIVED CALLS
AT HIS SHOP FROM SRI LANKAN TAMILS IN JAFFNA, DENMARK, ITALY
AND CANADA UNTIL THE ASSASSINATION.
NEWDEL POL-LD NOTIFICATION
TENTH LOK SABHA CONSTITUTED
NEW DELHI, JUNE 20 () THE TENTH LOK SABHA WAS CONSTITUTED TODAY
BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION WITH 502 MEMBERS.
AN OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN SAID THE +DUE CONSTITUTION NOTIFICATION+ DID
NOT INCLUDE THE NAMES OF ELECTED CANDIDATES FROM NINE OF THE 511
PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES WHICH WENT TO POLLS.
THEY WERE AURANGABAD, BANKA, SASARAM, BIKRAMGANJ, MONGHYR AND
BEGUSARAI IN BIHAR, SALEMPuR IN U.P., DAVANGERE IN KARNATAKA AND GUWAHATI
IN ASSAM.
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Calcutta st final party position wb
Calcutta, June 20: PTI: following is the final party
position in 294-member west Bengal legislative assembly :
total seats : 294
declared : 294
C.P.M. -- 182
R.S.P. -- 18
F.B.L. -- 29
C.P.I. -- 6
S.P. -- 4
D.S.P. -- 2
M.F.B. -- 2
R.C.P.I. -- 1
(Left front's total 244)
i.N.C. -- 43
S.U.C. -- 2
G.N.L.F. -- 3
Jharkhand -- 1
j.D. -- 1
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