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Interpreting the results |
Currently the score card in the four highprofile states situated in the Hindi heartland - and where the fight is directly between Congress and the BJP - is 3:1 in BJPs favour. |
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The games have finally begun |
It's carnival time on the electoral calendar. A time bruised with ambition, petty turf wars and deflated egos as the parties finalise the tickets for the six states slated to go for polls this winter. |
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The dry run |
With six states slated to go to the polls, the next round of assembly
polls elections are being seen as a dry run for the general
elections'09. |
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A roll-call of absentees |
Both the BJP and the Congress have quite a few leaders who skipped their crucial party meets this weekend on some pretext or the other. |
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Poll fever |
Both the BJP and the Congress are going into a pre-poll huddle. While the BJP is packing its bags for Bangalore, the Congress has preferred to hold its meeting in Delhi. |
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UPA jittery over polls |
There are already some murmurs in the UPA government whether it will be able to retain power this time and a blame game is on why the party leadership has not woken up from its slumber. |
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