February 23, 1998

Opinion Poll
With the BJP failing to come within striking distance and the Congress experiencing  a mild but insufficient surge, the nation faces another tragic-comic situation of having to manufacture a majority.  India Today and CSDS  present an exclusive all-India poll conducted just a week before elections.

• Congress, BJP fighting to a standstill
• Who is the best Prime Minister?
  Who would you like to form the government
• How have votes changed hands?
  Parties are changing their social profiles
• Is there a Sonia swing?
  Why do they vote the way they do?
• Can a late swing make a difference?
• Possible Coalitions: Shaky Futures

Campaign Carnival The nation may be weary of another election. But our correspondents and photographers who closely followed the candidates on their campaign trails discovered that India is not just a vibrant democracy but a heterogeneous one too. Democratic verdict is not born out of impulses but after a boisterous carnival. Key Campaigners What Sonia Gandhi, Atal Behari Vajpayee and Jyoti Basu have to say. Poll Pourri Pulp Fiction Even political parties don't take their manifestos seriously. Cynicism apart, the words on the paper do show a path, however narrow and rutted. So if they are be believed, here's where we are headed.

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