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Badal seeks early LS polls, says NDA best alternative to Cong
Fp Archives •Charging Congress with being responsible for corruption, Badal said the party was being wiped out of the country as people were fed up with it.
At 38, Akhilesh to be the youngest CM of Uttar Pradesh: reports
Fp Staff •Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has convinced senior party leaders on Akhilesh becoming the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Parkash Singh Badal to be Punjab CM on 14 March
Fp Archives •All speculation over leadership was firmy put to rest when the Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) unanimously elected Badal as its Legislature party leader.
Congress' biggest failure is Digvijaya Singh himself
Anant Rangaswami •It was Rahul Gandhi’s job to campaign and to bring the crowds in, more in the role of a celebrity than anything else. It was Digvijaya Singh’s job, helped by party officers and other cadre, to convert these crowds into something tangible — votes and seats.
Was Lokpal a poll issue? Sonia, Team Anna are both wrong
Vembu •Was Team Anna's campaign against corruption a critical factor in determining the outcome of the Assembly elections? It was, but only up to a point.
BJP’s shrinking poll results flash danger signal for party
Mishra •The party’s vote share has dipped three percent in UP; in Punjab it has lost five seats.
Sonia holds meeting to discuss poll outcome
Fp Archives •Congress President Sonia Gandhi today held a meeting of party general secretaries and office bearers to discuss the outcome of the Assembly elections in five states, including Uttar Pradesh, and the reasons behind it.
Educating Rahul Gandhi: 5 lessons from the UP debacle
Vembu •Rahul Gandhi claims that the Uttar Pradesh loss offers him a lesson in politics. Here are five for the road.
Will Salman Khurshid be sacked today for defying EC?
Fppolitics •The Congress raps the Law Minister for shooting his mouth off against the Election Commission, but Khurshid is still gloriously defiant.
Yawn of an election: Where’s all that mud-slinging?
Mishra •That the Indian politician was a humourless creature was known, now he has lost his nasty trait too.