Former premier Bhutto says Indian polls are "lesson" for Pakistan
Islamabad: Former Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party [PPP] Benazir Bhutto has welcomed the elections in India as triumph of democracy and the principle of peaceful transfer of power through the will of the people.In a statement on Thursday [13 May], she said that election in India was that country's internal matter. "However, it is a measure of the strength of Indian democracy that power transfer takes place in a democratic and peaceful...
Indian Polls: Violence, boycotts, low turnout mark first round of voting in Kashmir
Voting Tuesday in Kashmir for seats in India's parliament was marked by low turnout, deadly violence and a separatist-sponsored strike that brought major centres to a halt, officials said.Indian electoral officials, accusing Islamic militants of scaring away voters through violence, said 37 percent of registered voters had turned out in the divided state, where Islamic militants have been waging a bloody anti-Indian insurgency since 1989.In other Indian states where the...
Former premier Bhutto says Indian polls are "lesson" for Pakistan
Islamabad: Former Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party [PPP] Benazir Bhutto has welcomed the elections in India as triumph of democracy and the principle of peaceful transfer of power through the will of the people.In a statement on Thursday [13 May], she said that election in India was that country's internal matter. "However, it is a measure of the strength of Indian democracy that power transfer takes place in a democratic and peaceful...
Indian polls likely in four phases from mid-April
India's parliamentary elections are likely to be held in four phases from mid-April to early May, political sources and an official said Friday."Broadly it will be a four-phase election," A.N. Jha, spokesman for India's Election Commission told reporters after a meeting here between the commission's top officials and leaders of political parties.Jha did not give any dates saying an annoucement would be made "at...
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INDIAN POLLS SEE DEFEAT FOR GANDHI NEW DELHI - Opinion polls published yesterday predicted Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, will lose her first bid for public office when elections start tomorrow. If Mrs. Gandhi loses from the Bellary parliamentary constituency in the southern state of Karnataka, it would be the election's biggest upset, as her Congress party has won every election in the district since India's independence...