The Hindu : Sunday, February 01, 2004

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The big, the small and the not-so-small
The insatiable appetite of leaders to be kings or king-makers and the reduced vote share of the Congress and the BJP provide the context within which the politics of alliance has to work itself out, says Harish Khare.

The see-saw battle
General elections in Tamil Nadu have alternately favoured the DMK and the AIADMK, Suresh Nambath reports.

A long way from Pachmarhi
The Congress, which has been out of power at the Centre for eight years, sees pre-poll alliances or adjustments as the only route to forming a government at the Centre, writes K.V. Prasad.

The game is open... till the very end
Pollsters have already begun to predict a sweep in favour of the NDA, but in the past many predictions have been proved wrong, says Neena Vyas.

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