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August 20, 2001
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Missing The Leader
The nation seems to be in the middle of a leadership crisis. An opinion poll conducted by ORG-MARG for INDIA TODAY shows that both Vajpayee and Sonia Gandhi's popularity ratings have dropped, leaving the people yearning for a strong leader like Indira Gandhi.


Leaders In Crisis
The INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG opinion poll last January was Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's wake-up call. He chose to put the alarm clock on snooze and thereby accelerated the decline in his Government's popularity.

 

 
THE NATION
    The Paswan
Morse Code
Telecommunications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has a simple code to win over supporters: fill the advisory committees with his own people, entitling them to a phone connection and free calls.

 

 
BUSINESS
 

Is Reliance The
Red Herring
It is now UTI's investment in Reliance industries that is under scrutiny.


 
DEFENCE
 

Air Battles
Air Chief Tipnis and Defence Minister Jaswant Singh are on a path of confrontation on strategic issues. The logjam threatens to turn serious.

 

 
OTHER STORIES
     
 



 
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COVER STORY: EXCLUSIVE OPINION POLL

Who Is The Best Chief Minister That Your State Has Ever Had?

PUNJAB

1 PARKASH S. BADAL
2 BEANT SINGH
3 PRATAP SINGH KAIRON

 

HARYANA

1 DEVI LAL
2 BHAJAN LAL
3 BANSI LAL

 

DELHI

1 M.L. KHURANA
2 SUSHMA SWARAJ
3 SHEILA DIKSHIT

 

UTTAR PRADESH

1 MULAYAM S. YADAV
2 MAYAWATI
3 KALYAN SINGH

 

BIHAR

1 LALOO P. YADAV
2 SRIKRISHNA SINHA
3 KARPOORI THAKUR

 

RAJASTHAN

1 B.S. SHEKHAWAT
2 MOHAN LAL SUKHADIA
3 ASHOK GEHLOT

 

ASSAM

1 GOPINATH BORDOLOI
2 HITESWAR SAIKIA
3 S.C. SINHA

 

GUJARAT

1 CHIMAN BHAI PATEL
2 KESHUBHAI PATEL
3 AMARSINH CHAUDHARY

 

MAHARASHTRA

1 SHARAD PAWAR
2 MANOHAR JOSHI
3 Y.B. CHAVAN

 

ORISSA

1 BIJU PATNAIK
2 HAREKRUSHNA MAHTAB
3 J.B. PATNAIK

 

WEST BENGAL

1 JYOTI BASU
2 B.C. ROY
3 B. BHATTACHARYA

 

KARNATAKA

1 S.M. KRISHNA
2 H.D. DEVE GOWDA
3 R.K. HEGDE

 

KERALA

1 K. KARUNAKARAN
2 A.K. ANTONY
3 EMS NAMBOODIRIPAD

 

TAMIL NADU

1 MG RAMACHANDRAN
2 K. KARUNANIDHI
3 J. JAYALALITHA

 

ANDRA PRADESH

1 N.T. RAMA RAO
2 CHANDRABABU NAIDU
3 M. CHANNA REDDY

 

MADHYA PRADESH

1 DIGVIJAY SINGH
2 ARJUN SINGH
3 SUNDER LAL PATWA

 


 
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