UPA set to stage a comeback: PM
Says unhappy allies can be mollified
Ludhiana, May 11
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said he was confident about the UPA forming the next government. The least he expected was that the Congress would emerge as the single largest party. Addressing mediapersons at the conclusion of the UPA campaign for the fifth and final round of polling here today, Dr Manmohan Singh said the NDA could not be taken seriously as it remained divided, despite its efforts to put up a united face.

Manmohanspeak
Cong plays Manmohan card in Majha
Sidelights of PM’s rally at Amritsar
Editorial: Before and after

FINAL PUSH: AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi discusses a point with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at an election rally in Amritsar on Monday. Tribune photo: Vishal Kumar

Congress not untouchable, says Buddha
Kolkata, May 11
Addressing a press conference today, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee announced that after the elections the CPM would consider the proposal of joining the government at the Centre provided if they get to play a meaningful role in policy making and implementation.

Left was ready to support N-deal: Baru

Campaigning for fifth phase ends
9 seats from Punjab among 86 in last lap
New Delhi, May 11
Campaigning for the fifth and last phase of the ongoing general election ended today, and with it culminated a high-pitched and bitter electioneering between the two major political groups, the UPA and the NDA, led by Congress and BJP, respectively.

15th Lok Sabha
BJP prepares ground for being invited first
New Delhi, May 11
The BJP is preparing the ground for being invited first by President Pratibha Patil to form the government, either as the single largest party or as the single largest pre-poll alliance.

Congress prepares for final assault
Banking on Sonia for coalition formation
New Delhi, May 11
As the Lok Sabha election draws to a close, the Congress party’s internal assessment has put its tally at about 160 seats that, its strategists feel, will give it the necessary head start to rope in new allies and bring its miffed partners back to the UPA fold.

Nitish invites ire for sharing dais with Modi
Patna, May 11
The show of strength by NDA chief ministers and BJP-ruled states in Ludhiana on Sunday must have brought jubilation in the NDA camp and the BJP also has reasons to go gaga over its Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar clasping each other’s hands on the dais as a mark of solidarity.

In separatists’ heartland, Lone roots for change Baramulla/Kupwara, May 11 Sajjad Ghani Lone is a changed man. Only five months ago, he was one with the separatists in seeking the boycott of the Assembly elections in the state, his voice laden with certain firmness of resolve.