Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!ecn.purdue.edu From: pall@ecn.purdue.edu (Pallab K Bhattacharyya) Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia Subject: NEWS(SOME OLD SOME NEW) Message-ID: Date: 15 Apr 91 23:25:24 GMT Sender: gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu Lines: 39 Approved: gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu 1. PARTIES GANG UP TO BAR BJP FROM ELECTION FEARS ITS GROWING POPULARITY IN HINDI BELT New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), bidding for power in the May general elections, went on the defensive on April 8 against an attempt to have it barred from contesting the polls. Members, led by a number of Rajiv Gandhi's Congress Party, have accused the BJP of sectarianism and have asked the Election Commission to strip the party of its registration. 2. CHANDRA SHEKHAR QUESTIONS FREEDOM OF PRESS New Delhi: Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar on April 6 said that the freedom of the press did not mena that it could play with the dignity of the nation. The press could criticize individuals but it must project a balancedview on issues where the dignity of the nation was involved, he said. 3. SHOTS FIRED AT OFFICE OF ELECTION COMMISSION New Delhi (PTI): Shots were fired at the multi-storied building housing the office of Election Commission on April 3 and a suspicious fire broke out thenext day. Though the damage from shooting was restricted to broken window panes,the police are baffled and surprised by the incident in which shots were fired from an airgun twice during the evening at an interval of about two hours. 4. NEW POLITICAL PARTY FORMED New Delhi (PTI): A new political party, "Jawan, Kisan, Mazdur Party (JKM) made its debut on the national scene on April 4, promising to fight for the rights of ex-servicemen, farmers and laborers by bringing about a "total peaceful revolution" in the country. 5. HOCKEY COACH BALKISHEN SINGH CLAIMS IMPROVEMENT IN TEAM'S PERFORMANCE New Delhi (PTI): The four-week long coaching camp in preparation for theOlympic hockey qualifying round ended here April 5 with the chief coach Balkishen Singh claiming a "25 percent improvement in the players' performance in all departments of the game." SOURCE: NEWS INDIA, APRIL 12, 1991 Peace, .....Pallab --------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by Surekha Reddy Gaddam. Every effort will be made to get up-to-date election reports from the 15th of next month. --