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THE MEANING OF VERDICT 2004
IF INDIAN GENERAL elections are one of the wonders of the world, the country's 670 million voters come close. Without losing their head in any way, refusing to be fooled by grandiose slogans, keeping their eye on issues that matter — above ...

KARNATAKA'S SPLIT VERDICT
THE FRACTURED VERDICT in the Karnataka Assembly election is likely to pave the way for a coalition government of the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular), which are ideologically opposed to the single largest party, the Bharatiya Janata Party. ...

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Mass media vs mass reality
By P. Sainath

Elections 2004 brought back to the agenda the issues of ordinary Indians.

News Analysis
Four mis-steps to the debacle
By Harish Khare

NEW DELHI, MAY 13. The leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party committed four strategic mistakes in its campaign to recapture power at the Centre. First, it was the ill-advised and botched-up move in the second week of January 2004 to pack the ...

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