KSRAO@power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu (03/19/91)
Major political parties have kicked off their campaign even before the
EC has announced the election date.
Cong(I) President, Rajiv Gandhi has kicked off the capmaign in Bhopal on
Saturday. He said that a stable government will solve the country's problems.
He said that had Cong(I) been in power diring the last 15 months, poverty in
the country would have been eradicated by the year 2000. He reminded that
audience that no non-Cong givernment has lasted the full term at the Centr in
the past.
National Front leader, V. P. Singh will launch his campaign in Patna on
Monday.
BJP (I am not sure whether it was a formal campagn speech or not) has
accused Cong for all the ills that the country faces. For the first time, it is
looking for an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha.
Chandrashekhar, talking to reporters in ND on Sunday, has questioned the
value of the 'stability' of the government per se.
BBC and the British government have sent representations to the Pakistan
Government in connection with an attack on a BBC reporter in Karachi. Mr.
Zaffar Abbas, a 36 year old BBC reporter eas attacked at his home by
unidentified miscreants. His brothers and he waere beaten and all articles in
his home were destroyed. BBC says that it is presumed that the miscreants are
from MQM. Ms. Benazir Bhutto has condemned the attack.
Source: BBC
K. Sankara Rao ksrao@power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu
Department of Electrical Engineering
North Dakota State University, Fargo
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