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In search of crutches
While the Congress is yet to be convinced of the inevitability of the coalitions, for the BJP, cobbling together an aggregation platform is an easy exercise, says Harish Khare.
Marriage of inconvenience
Though the BJP and the BSP have vowed to continue their unnatural alliance in U.P., their ideological conflict does not allow them to be at ease with each other. J.P. Shukla writes.
Caste — the casting vote
The art of coalitions has inevitably developed into the science of sewing viable caste equations in this Mandal-oriented State of Bihar. K. Balchand takes a look.
Waiting in the wings
In Tamil Nadu, while the AIADMK is in no hurry to firm up any alliance, the DMK wants to be with the NDA at least till the next parliamentary polls, says V.Jayanth.



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