Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Wings clipped, Kalyan plays the hurt hawk, swears by Ram mandir
In choosing Ram Prakash Gupta to replace Kalyan Singh, the BJP has tried to straddle the great caste divide in its UP unit. A Bania by caste, the veteran Jan Sanghi and former RSS pracharak fits the Sangh prescription for a low-profile loyalist to put the warring Brahmin-Thakur and OBC lobbies in their place.
Mahanta drops his minister for dancing drunk at school fete
Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has dropped minister for food and civil supplies Digen Bora from his Cabinet. A notification issued by the government on Tuesday said Bora had been relieved on ``health grounds.''
Jaswant to visit Japan on November 23
External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh is going on a three-day visit to Japan from November 23, marking what is possibly the end of a chapter of open hostility that began when India went nuclear last May.
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