Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!shakti.ernet.in!ramani From: ramani@shakti.ernet.in Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia Subject: India News Message-ID: Date: 19 Jun 91 17:54:18 GMT Sender: gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu Lines: 286 Approved: gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu Newdel Mr h s hanspal, whose name also figured among the signatories to the statement, denied having been associated with the demand of the 40 M.Ps. + I was present at the dinner at Mr n k p salve's residence last night but refused to sign any statement,+he said. Mr rajesh pilot, an M.P from rajasthan who was playing the role of a mediator in resolving the leadership issue,also denied that he had signed the statement. M.Ps from Madhya Pradesh met late tonight to decide their future course of action. A meeting of the parliamentary party is likely to be convened tomorrow to elect its leader who may immediately stake the party's claim to form the government. Newdel ls party position 2200 hours New Delhi, June 19 following is the Lok Sabha party position at 2200 hrs hours today. Total seats : 543 elections held : 511 results declared : 492 inc : 220 BJP : 117 JD : 51 CPI (M) : 35 CPI : 13 SJP : 5 tdp : 12 AIADMK : 11 jmm : 6 Shiv Sena : 4 iuml : 2 Congress (s) : 1 others : 15 End of first article =================================================================== Newdel Cong (I)-ld-meeting two reopens del 187 asked to comment on the demand by some M. P.s that the Views of the members should be ascertained by a secret ballot on the choice of the cpp-ileader, Mr azad said the contingency has been met by the procedure laid down by the cpb. According to the procedure finalised by the board at its late meeting, senior leaders, Mr k Karunakaran and mr s s ray will hold discussions with the M. P.s from nine a.M tomorrow to arrive at a consensus of the election of the cpp-ileader. Besides the five cpb members, the meeting presided by the party president, Mr P V narasimha Rao, was attended by six Chief Ministers including Mr sharad pawar of Maharashtra, who is reportedly still one of the contenders for the post of the cpp-ileader. The other Chief Ministers were Mr n janardhan reddy of Andhra Pradesh, Mr s bangarappa of Karnataka, mr Lalthanhawla of mizoram, Mr s r mazumdar of tripura and mr gegong apang of arunachal Pradesh. The other cpb members were Mr Arjun Singh, Mr Karunakaran,mr ghulam nabi azad and mr sitaram kesari. End of Second Article =================================================================== Newdel Cong (I)-ld-meeting two reopens del 187 asked to comment on the demand by some M. P.s that the Views of the members should be ascertained by a secret ballot on the choice of the cpp-ileader, Mr azad said the contingency has been met by the procedure laid down by the cpb. According to the procedure finalised by the board at its late meeting, senior leaders, Mr k Karunakaran and mr s s ray will hold discussions with the M. P.s from nine a.M tomorrow to arrive at a consensus of the election of the cpp-ileader. Besides the five cpb members, the meeting presided by the party president, Mr P V narasimha Rao, was attended by six Chief Ministers including Mr sharad pawar of Maharashtra, who is reportedly still one of the contenders for the post of the cpp-ileader. The other Chief Ministers were Mr n janardhan reddy of Andhra Pradesh, Mr s bangarappa of Karnataka, mr Lalthanhawla of mizoram, Mr s r mazumdar of tripura and mr gegong apang of arunachal Pradesh. The other cpb members were Mr Arjun Singh, Mr Karunakaran,mr ghulam nabi azad and mr sitaram kesari. End of Third Article =============================================================== Lucknow BJP wins 50 ls seats and on course to form govt in up lucknow, June 19 (PTI) the Bharatiya Janata party bagged the largest number of 50 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and needed 45 more assembly to be able to form its own government in the state as the counting of votes continued on the fourth day today. Of the 81 Lok Sabha results declared so far, the Janata Dal came next securing 21 seats. Three had been countermanded. The Congress-icould win only five seats, including that of late Rajiv Gandhi. The Samajwadi janaa party had got four while the CPI only one seat. Result of the salempur parliamentary constituency, from where the railway Minister, Mr janeshwar mishra, was contesting as a SJP nominee, was yet to be announced. Lucknow today's notable losers were Mr.T.N. Chaturvedi, former comptroller and auditor general of India, contesting from kannauj Lok Sabha constituency as BJP nominee, and Mrs Rajendra Kumari Bajpai, senior Congress (I) leader and former Union Minister, trying to retain her traditional sitapur seat. Others who had lost during the last 24 hours were Mr Braham Dutt, Mr Sharad Yadav, and Mrs Mohsina Kidwai, former union Ministers. The well-known cricketer, Mr chetan chauhan, was however declared elected from amroha. The BJP maintained its winning spree and secured 168 seats as the results were still tricklng in. For the 425-member assembly, only 404 results would come as elections in 21 constituencies had been countermanded. Newdel Cong(I)-meeting Cong parliamentary board meets to finalise cpp meeting New Delhi, June 19 () the central parliamentary board of the Congress (I) began its meeting a little before midnight tonight to finalise the date and time of the crucial meeting of the Congress (I) parliamentary party to elect its leader. Six Chief Ministers, including Maharashtra's Mr sharad pawar, a contender for the post, are attending the meeting as special invitees. The other Chief Ministers are Mr janardhan reddy of Andhra Pradesh, Mr s bangarappa of Karnataka, mr Lalthanhaula of mizoram, Mr s r majumdar of tripura and mr gegong apang of arunachal Pradesh. The meeting, presided over by Congress (I) president, Mr p v narasimha Rao, is being attended by Mr Arjun Singh, mr k Karunakaran, Mr sitaram kesari and mr ghulam nabi azad. ccp meets tomorrow to elect leader New Delhi, June 19 () the Congress-iparliamentary party will meet at four pm tomorrow to elect its leader, the aicc-igeneral secretary, Mr ghulam nabi azad, announced tonight. The Congress-iparliamentary board at its meeting late tonight decided that senior leaders Mr k Karunakaran and Mr s s ray will meet the party mps of both houses of parliament to evolve a consensus on the leadership issue. Both the leaders will hold consultations with the mps from 9 am at the aicc-ioffice here, Mr azad said. Newdel Cong (I)-meeting-pawar pawar declines to say whether or not he was in race new Delhi, June 19 () the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr sharad pawar, tonight declined to say whether or not he was in the race for the leadership of the Congress (I) parliamentary party. +Ask the party general secretary, he will brief you+, was his repeated reply to queries from reporters in this regard as he emerged out of the meeting of the party parliamentary board held at the aicc-iheadquarters. Mr pawar as also five other party Chief Ministers had attended the meeting presided by the party president, Mr p.V. Narasimha Rao as special invitees. End of Fourth Article ============================================================= MADRAS MR.KATHIKEYAN SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THESE STAGES OF THE PORTRAITS BUILT UP METICULOUSLY BY THE SIT THROUGH THE PORTRAIT-BUILDING SYSTEM THAT THE RIGHT PICTURE OF MURUGAN WAS AVAILABLE WITH CBI SEARCH TEAMS. WHEN HE LANDED IN SAIDAPET FROM VILLUPURAM, ENABLING HIS ARREST. HE SAID POLICE FORCES HAD PREVIOUSLY USED 'IDENTIKITS' AND 'PORTRAIT PARLEYS' IN CONJUCTION WITH AN ARTIST WHEREVER NECESSARY TO BUILD UP THE IMAGE OF SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN CRIMES. WITH THE ADVENT OF COMPUTERS AND GRAPHIC PRESENTATION, POSSIBLE PORTRAITS WERE NOW BEING BUILT UP ON COMPUTER SCREENS BY COMPOSING THE SUSPECTS' FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS, HE ADDED. THE NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU (NCRB) UNDER THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE PORTRAIT-BUILDING SYSTEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE HD BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE NCRB WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF EXPERTS IN THE FIELD. THE DATA BASE OF VARIOUS FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS HAD BEEN BUILT UP BY COLLECTING THESE FEATURES WITH THE HELP OF ANTHROPOLOGISTS, HE SAID. NEW DELHI, JUNE 19 () ALL BUT ONE OF THE 39 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES IN THE AIADMK- CONGRESS (I) ALLIANCE HAVE WON BY AN IMPRESSIVE MARGIN OF MORE THAN ONE LAKH VOTES IN TAMIL NADU TO TAKE THEIR BERTH IN THE TENTH LOK SABHA. THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO HAVE WON BY A LESS MARGIN WAS THE CONGRESS (I) CANDIDATE IN NAGAPATTINAM, DR PADMA, WHO CLINCHED THE SEAT BY A MARGIN OF 25,716 VOTES BEATING HER NEAREST RIVAL M SELVARASU OF THE CPI. BOTH THE DMK AND JANATA DAL CANDIDATES HAVE HAD TO TAKE A DRUBBING AT THE HANDS OF THE FORMIDABLE AIADMK-CONGRESS (I) ALLIANCE WITH THE VICTORY MARGINS RANGING FROM ONE LAKH VOTES TO OVER THREE LAKH VOTES. AN APPARENT INFERENCE IS THAT THE PERSONAL CHARISMA OF MS JAYCLALITHA COMBINED WITH THE SYMPATHY WAVE GENERATED BY THE ASSASINATION OF MR RAJIV GANDHI ON MAY 21 LAST RESULTED IN THE CLEAN SWEEP FOR THE ALLIANCE, WHICH TOOK ALL THE 39 SEATS IT CONTESTED -- THE CONGRESS (I) WINNING ALL 28 AND AIADMK ALL 11 CONTESTED. MADRAS, JUNE 19 () THE NEW AIADMK MINSTRY< HEADED BY MISS JAYALALITHA IS LIKELY TO BE SWORN IN NEXT MONDAY, JUNE 24, ACCORDING TO PRESENT INDICATIONS. THE PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY, MISS JAYALALITHA, HAS CONVENED A MEETING OF THE NEWLY ELECTED MLAS HERE ON JUN 21, WHEN SHE WILL BE FORMALLY ELECTED LEADER OF THE 161-STRONG AIADMK LEGISLATURE PARTY. THE MEETING WAS SLATED TO BE HELD YESTERDAY, BUT WAS POSTPONED. SHE IS LIKELY TO CALL ON THE SANKARACHARYAS OF KANCHI KAMAKOTI PEETAM AT KANCHIPURAM NEAR HERE IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER ELECTION AS LEGISLATURE PARTY LEADER. THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO HAVE THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY ON JUN 21 WAS CHANGED, AS IT WAS ON THE SAME DAY LAST MONTH THAT RAJIV GANDHI WAS ASSASSINATED. FORTY-THREE-YEAR OLD MISS JAYALALITHA WILL BE THE YOUNGEST CHIEF MINISTER OF THE STCTE, AND THE SECOND FILM ACTRESS TO OCCUPY THE HIGH OFFICE. MRS JANAKI RAMACHANDRAN WAS THE FIRST. THE LATE M G RAMACHANDRAN WAS THE FIRST FILM ACTOR TO BECOME THE CHIEF MINISTER IN THE COUNTRY. MEANWHILE, 18 ROOMS IN THE STATE SECRETARIAT HAVE BEEN SPRUCED UP AND KEPT READY FOR THE NEW MINISTERS. End of Fifth Article ================================================================ Edited to Suite the needs of M.N.S ================================================================