It looks like curtains
for Deve Gowda
A flurry of compromise formulae make the rounds of the capital as the political crisis enters its second week.
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Kesri launches vicious attack against prime minister
Deve Gowda, says the Congress leader, is incompetent and a promoter of communal forces.
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Back off, Congressmen tells Kesri
A senior Congress leader from Maharashtra said Kesri was fast losing options after a case regarding the murder of his personal physician came to court.
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'The best thing for India would be to have an all party national government'
Kewal R Malkani, BJP ideologue, tells the Rediff Chat.
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Madras is now the political capital of India
The DMK and Tamil Maanila Congress are crucial to finding a solution to the current political crisis.
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Love him or hate him, V P Singh shows he cannot be ignored
Saisuresh Sivaswamy on the importance of being V P Singh.
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Kesri makes his move
If you missed reading our comprehensive coverage of this week's political developments, why don't you check it out?
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OTHER STORIES

'Why would anyone abroad be interested in the book? It's not as though I am like Rushdie or Seth'
Arundhati Roy's debut novel, The God of Small Things is a literary sensation, earning her an advance of Rs 35 million. Vir Sanghvi profiles the novelist.
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'Christopher Lee playing Jinnah is like Mukri playing Gandhi'
The Jinnah film runs into trouble in Pakistan. A special report.
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'I want to play and go to school. But I have to work at least 12 hours...'
In a small silk factory in Karnataka, 11-year-old Nagaratna toils the whole day -- every day -- and, frequently, well into the night.
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NAM: Is it still relevant?
Former foreign secretary J N Dixit asks whether the objectives and principles of the non aligned movement are still valid in the post-Cold War era. A special feature on the occasion of next week's NAM summit in Delhi.
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APRIL 5

'We are heading towards a general election'
Former President Ramaswamy Venkataraman tells Rediff On The NeT, in an exclusive interview.
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Why Sitaram Kesri despises H D Deve Gowda
The real story behind the Congress withdrawal of support to the United Front.
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''My driver informed me that the Congress had withdrawn support'
Senior Congress leader Rajesh Pilot exposes party president Sitaram Kesri who claimed he had informed the former minister of the decision to withdraw support to the United Front government.
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Delhi police set up SIT to investigate Tanwar murder case
Dr Surendra Tanwar was Sitaram Kesri's physician. Police investigations had allegedly hinted at the involvement of ''certain influential persons''.
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Moopanar sniffs premiership
The Tamil Maanila Congress leader knows the numbers game well, especially since he was once a senior Congress functionary.
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Mutinous March, Trifecta, Kesri's Gate, and Apoplectic April
Varsha Bhosle shudders at the possibility of Sitaram Kesri becoming prime minister.
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It is now obvious that it was nothing but petty pique that made Kesri stake his party's very future
Saisuresh Sivaswamy on Sitaram Kesri's dwindling options.
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Kesri makes his move
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OTHER STORIES

Liquor agitations leave Kerala government dazed
The agitations are against the government's new liquor policy.
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Peace talks an LTTE ploy, say observers
V Prabhakaran is fighting for time to regroup after recent reverses, sources say.
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APRIL 4

Madam takes charge
Sonia Gandhi is trying to forge a consensus in the Congress party.
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'Kesri's decision is going to boomerang on him'
United Front convenor and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu believes the Congress president has made a serious miscalculation. An exclusive interview.
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Congress will not reconsider support to UF: Karunakaran
"We are ready to discuss issues of mutual concern after the prime minister quits," says the former Union minister.
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High court to hear case into murder of Kesri's physician on Friday
The Delhi police, it is learnt, will ask the court to hand over the probe into Dr S K Tanwar's death to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
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No change in United Front leadership: Surjeet
The Marxist leader, who is mediating between the Congress and the United Front, still hopes that Sitaram Kesri will back down from his stand.
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Constitutional crisis could result if parties disagree on Budget: Speaker
All the parties though have promised the Speaker assistance in passing the Budget.
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Congress attitude irks income tax authorities
Income tax authorities on Thursday said the party had not given them proper accounts, despite several opportunities.
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Fear and frustration finally drove Kesri to the desperate decision
Janardan Thakur profiles the Congress leader and his motives.
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One principle binds the Congress from top to bottom today: Power without polls
T V R Shenoy on why history is against H D Deve Gowda.
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Kesri makes his move
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OTHER STORIES

'I will accomplish the task of six years in six months'
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, in an exclusive interview.
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Vaghela's fate to be decided on Saturday
Defeat will mean the collapse of the Gujarat government.
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Human rights commission requests probe into all deaths in police encounters
The national watchdog on civil liberties is especially concerned after Monday's murder of two innocent businessmen in the capital by the Delhi police.
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North-East citizens denied right to justice
A new report says the Centre has distanced itself from the needs and aspirations of the people of the region and that the security forces treated everyone as militants and secessionists, to be suppressed by military power.
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Jayalalitha named prime accused in another corruption case
The police files a chargesheet in the Tamil Nadu coal import scam.
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Bofors case: CBI to seek fresh arrest warrant against Win Chadha
The special court will be approached within three days for this purpose.
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Militants, in search of peace
"They want peace now; they are fed up with the gun-culture," says Border Security Force's Inspector General Appasaheb Alur.
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Landmark peace initiative in Lanka
Britain mediates in peace talks involving the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE.
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APRIL 3

The numbers don't add up
The United Front is short of a majority by 86 seats, but neither the BJP nor the Congress have the necessary numbers either.
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'How could the Congress keep Deve Gowda in power, if he is allergic to our demands?'
K Karunakaran blasts the prime minister, in an exclusive interview.
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Dialogue continues between Congress, United Front
'Temperatures have come down from the Congress side,' says UF spokesman S Jaipal Reddy.
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'The country cannot be run to cater to the whims of one power hungry politician'
Somnath Chatterjee, Marxist leader in the Lok Sabha, savages Sitaram Kesri on the Rediff Chat.
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No problem over Budget says Sangma
The Speaker says he is confident the political parties are responsible enough to realise the implications of not passing the Budget before the vote of confidence is taken up.
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Pawar and Rao prepare to wage war against Kesri
There's trouble brewing for the Congress leader.
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If Deve Gowda goes, whom will the DMK-TMC support? The BJP or the Congress?
Beneath the public proclamations of support to the United Front, both parties weigh their political options.
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United Front ready for dialogue with Congress: Naidu
IT department slaps Rs 240 million fine on Congress... Mulayam to organise rally for Deve Gowda...
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APRIL 2

The Troubleshooter
CPI-M general secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet mediates between the Congress and the United Front
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Deve Gowda sends feelers to the BJP
In a surprising development, the prime minister asked the BJP for help to ward off the Congress challenge.
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United Front refuses to change leadership
The UF has closed ranks to stand firmly behind Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's leadership.
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''Let's hope the Congress will save itself from destruction'
G K Moopanar, in an exclusive interview to Rediff on The NeT.
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It's eyeball to eyeball, and someone's got to blink
Saisuresh Sivaswamy's daily commentary on the political developments in Delhi.
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Kesri makes his move
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OTHER STORIES

Deve Gowda sacks Delhi police commissioner
A consequence of the killing of two innocent men in cold blood in Delhi on Monday.
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Lakhubhai Pathak dead
His death will not affect the cheating case against P V Narasimha Rao.
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Air traffic controllers's strike averted, for now
The Airports Authority of India will set up a committee to look into the ATCs's grievances.
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Community-based regiment cannot be raised
Yet there is hope for Deve Gowda's Karnataka regiment.
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Pak president stripped of powers to dismiss govt
A milestone in Pakistan's history.
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APRIL 1

Show of Strength
President Shankar Dayal Sharma asks Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda to prove his majority in the Lok Sabha by April 11.
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Mr Dark Horse
G K Moopanar may well be India's next prime minister.
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'We came together to save secularism, not because we wanted to be in power'
G K Moopanar, in an exclusive interview to Rediff on The NeT.
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Next govt will be a Congress-led coalition: Kesri
Liberalisation, the Congress leader declares, will go on without deviation.
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Pawar toes party line as Congress leaders mull over how Kesri will muster support
"At this juncture it does not seem that any constituent of the UF government will support us," feel some Congress leaders.
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UF constituents unlikely to ditch Deve Gowda now: Advani
The BJP leader, however, wants the Lok Sabha to be convened immediately.
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Mahato drags Kesri into JMM MPs's bribery case
Sitaram Kesri, then the Congress treasurer, endorsed what the then prime minister, P V Narasimha Rao, had promised the MPs, alleges the JMM leader.
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`It will be good for Tamil Nadu if Moopanar becomes prime minister'
"We are trying to convince him to accept if the situation arises," says TMC general secretary S G Vinayagamoorthy.
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UF will survive, claims Namboodiripad
The Marxist patriarch feels the Congress may be unable to oppose a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
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Kesri makes his move
If you missed reading our comprehensive coverage of Sunday's political developments, why don't you check it out?
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OTHER STORIES

Indo-Pak talks end without result
Dates for another round of discussions in Islamabad to be fixed.
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Air traffic controllers's agitation may ground all flights
Strikers ask government to break stalemate by setting up alternative to Airports Authority of India.
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