Friday, October 8, 1999
A blink and a smile
By becoming the first prime minister to be returned to office since 1971, Atal Behari Vajpayee has conclusively reaffirmed his national popularity and his dexterity in carrying together a seemingly unwieldy socio-political alliance.
Natty Naidu
The big winner of 1999 is Chandrababu Naidu. He returns to power in Andhra Pradesh looking, if anything, stronger than he was five years ago.
Masters of wilderness
So the Congress has got its just desserts for having been so fawning and obsequious about Sonia Gandhi.
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