Article: Indian Congress Party Asked to Prepare for Polls

Article: India's election enters last phase Ballots to be counted; exit ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 2, 1998 ;     676 words ... ... private TV channel, said the BJP would get 208 seats and the Congress Party, which led India for 45 of its 50 years since independence ... and said it would begin talks with electoral allies. The Congress Party rejected the results of the poll run by the state-controlled ...

Article: India's Congress Party May Withdraw Support for
Xinhua English Newswire;  June 19, 1996 ;     423 words ... ... support for the United Front government ... Orissa, the Congress Party leader said ... more than 300 Congress party and United Front members in ... 13-party United Front can not sustain ... 140-seat Congress party.

Article: India's Congress Party Discusses Withdrawal of ...
Xinhua English Newswire;  January 25, 1997 ;     342 words ...India's Congress Party appears to be trying ... s support to the United Front minority government ... relations between the Congress Party and the United Front government are deteriorating ... interrogation of Congress Party president Sitaram ...

Article: India Faces Fourth Leadership Change In Less Than Year; ...
The Washington Post;  March 31, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... public statements about the Congress party's moves. A United Front spokesman told reporters ... vote of confidence. The Congress party did not join Gowda's government ... what became known as the United Front on a vote last summer to ...

Article: Congress Party Chief Makes Way For Gandhi
The Washington Post;  March 10, 1998 ;     535 words ... ... Sharad Pawar, a Congress party leader, said that ... on whether the Congress party joins the ruling United Front coalition to make ... several of the United Front's member parties ... Kesri was elected Congress party president in 1996 ...

Article: India's Congress Party Sounds Warning to Government
Xinhua English Newswire;  October 2, 1996 ;     399 words ...India's Congress Party President Sitaram Kesri Tuesday warned the United Front government not to take ... outside support of the Congress Party in the parliament. The United Front parties and the Congress Party claim themselves to ...

Article: URGENT: India's Congress Party Withdraws Support to
Xinhua English Newswire;  November 28, 1997 ;     228 words ...India's Congress party tonight withdrew support for the United Front government led by Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said. The decision has been communicated to President Kocheril Raman Narayanan, PTI said.