
Friday, July 2, 1999
Vaghela joins Congress
The Gujarat Congress got a major boost on Thursday with the Rashtriya Janata Party announcing its merger with the Congress unconditionally to "strengthen secular forces" and fight the BJP.

Patnaik's 'rehab' plan in the offing
With the Central Bureau of Investigation giving a clean chit to former Orissa Chief Minister J B Patnaik in the Anjana Mishra rape case, the Congress high command is seriously considering to rehabilitate him in the party set up at the state level or in the AICC.

Simultaneous polls bring twin fear for Sena-BJP
With the alliance partners BJP and Shiv Sena finally agreeing to hold simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha and state assembly and the House likely to be dissolved on July 10, the party circles are now talking about the post-dissolution scenario.

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