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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 05:29 AM | March 18,2009
If the BJP wins Delhi and one or two of the three states ruled by the party, the victories are likely to enthuse the BJP only if the scale of these victories is large
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 09:44 PM | January 04,2009
With her critics and admirers obsessed with her, Mayawati is a leader to be watched this year
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 11:32 PM | December 21,2008
Union minority affairs minister A.R. Antulay‘s comments are yet another example of parties using terrorism as an electoral issue
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 11:13 PM | December 14,2008
Success of the Congress in Delhi and that of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh owes a great deal to Sheila Dikshit and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, respectively
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 09:50 PM | December 07,2008
Today, because terrorists have attacked people like you and me, targeting five-star hotels in an upmarket Mumbai neighbourhood, the urban elite has woken up to the issue of public accountability
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 12:59 AM | December 01,2008
The Mumbai terror attack is a challenge and the Prime Minister must seize the initiative and take immediate steps to show the government’s resolve to tackle the menace
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 01:15 AM | November 24,2008
BJP is likely to win between 125 and 140 seats in Madhya Pradesh, down from 173 it won in 2003; in Delhi, both BJP and Congress can win between 28 and 38 seats
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 09:44 PM | November 16,2008
Indian voters are increasingly choosing governments not on the basis of party ideology and long-prevailing preferences but on specific party leaders
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 09:14 PM | November 02,2008
Do the narrowing lead for Obama and a high proportion of undecided voters point towards a closer electoral race than what was suggested earlier
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The Bottomline | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 10:53 PM | October 19,2008
To realize her ambition to become India’s first Dalit prime minister, Mayawati knows she has to expand the BSP’s base outside UP while keeping a firm grip on the state
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 10:36 PM | September 28,2008
Indian elections have hitherto exhibited a strong anti-incumbency trend resulting in the defeat of many ruling governments and elected representatives, as they fail to perform to people’s expectations
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 12:31 AM | September 08,2008
Manmohan Singh is now seen as a strong-willed leader and as a man with firm convictions who will stay in office only on his terms
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 12:05 AM | September 01,2008
The advisory of RBI on the inflation front has sent alarm bells ringing in the ruling United Progressive Alliance government
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 11:59 PM | August 17,2008
The TDP-TRS alliance is a formidable alliance and is likely to prove successful in the Telengana region
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The Bottom Line | G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 11:43 PM | August 10,2008
As a nation, we seem to have become so immune and inert that we have begun even enjoying jokes on terrorism and bomb blasts
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