The Rediff Election: Maharashtra

October 29, 1999
• NCP boycotts cabinet meeting in Maharashtra

October 28, 1999
• NCP attacks jumbo government
• Maharashtra gets a jumbo government

October 24, 1999
• Democratic Front government wins trust vote in Maharashtra

October 21, 1999
• Ranjit Deshmukh vents Vidarbha's ire, resigns as MLC leader
• Maharashtra govt will make details of state's financial health public, says Deshmukh

October 19, 1999
• The man Thackeray loves to hate
• Economy and law and order are Deshmukh's priorities
• No split in NCP, says Dwivedi
• Deshmukh, Bhujbal sworn in
• CM rides a dream - from Babhalgaon to Bombay

October 18, 1999
• Chhagan Bhujbal to be deputy CM

October 17, 1999
• Vilas Deshmukh to be Maharashtra's new chief minister
• Congress, NCP agree to form government
• BJP-Sena claims backing of 140 MLAs
• NCP firm on speaker's post

October 16, 1999
• Cong, NCP sink differences for the sake of a 'stable alternative'
• Governor gives Sena-BJP and Congress time till tomorrow
• Narayan Rane stakes claim to form govt
• Sena-BJP alliance to stake claim today

October 15, 1999
• No end in sight to Maharashtra tangle
• Congress agrees to NCP's power-sharing formula
• Bal Thackeray's statement stuns Sena-BJP camp
• Pawar holds meet to review situation
• Maharashtra crisis deepens, no govt in sight
• BJP meet to end Sena stalemate

October 14, 1999
• Sena gives up, asks BJP to take lead in forming government
• NCP does a volte-face in Maharashtra

October 13, 1999
• Sangma says Sena-BJP govt is the only option in Maharashtra
• NCP legislature party leader to be elected tomorrow
• Vidarbha resents Vilasrao's elevation
• Cong gives up claim on CM's post in Maharashtra

October 12, 1999
• Mahajan, Thackeray to discuss chief ministership issue
• Congress, NCP continue to fight over CM's post in Maharashtra

October 11, 1999
• Stalemate in Maharashtra continues

October 10, 1999
• Sena-BJP meet empowers Vajpayee and Thackeray to chose the new leader
• Athawale asks governor to check numbers before inviting anybody
• Bhosale speaks to Bhujbal, seeks support
• Naik against backing Congress

October 09, 1999
• Pawar disappointed with NCP's performance in Maharashtra
• Race to form the next govt in Maharashtra hots up
• Sena-BJP wins 28 LS seats in Maharashtra

October 08, 1999
• Sunil Dutt wins in Bombay North-West
• Sena-BJP wins 28 LS seats in Maharashtra
• Hung assembly in Maharashtra; Congress emerges as the largest party
• Senior leaders discuss Maharashtra situation with Sonia

October 07, 1999
• BJP wins five seats
• BJP wins two LS seats in Maharashtra
• BJP leads the pack in Maharashtra with three wins

September 25, 1999
• Ex-BJP minister's remand extended

September 22, 1999
• Udayanraje Bhosale remanded to police custody

September 19, 1999
• Exit poll predicts hung assembly in Maharashtra, majority for BJP-JD(U) in Karnataka

September 16, 1999
• Post-mortem report gives new twist to Satara murder case

September 12, 1999
• Maharashtra minister arrested following murder
• It is Pawar all the way in western Maharashtra, but will it be enough?

September 11, 1999
• NCP candidate gives Maharashtra CM a run for his money
• Mill workers may do in Mohan Rawle
• Politics divides Satara royal family like nothing before
• 'There is a Sonia wave'

September 10, 1999
• Dandavate comes out of hibernation to take on Sena, Congress
• 'In a democracy, the people also look at the Opposition's performance'

September 09, 1999
• 'The only issue political parties must contest on is the economy'

September 08, 1999
• 'How can you assess performance in 13 months?'
• Shiv Sena leaving no stone unturned to defeat former comrade

September 07, 1999
• Vasantdada's kin fight to inherit formidable legacy

September 5, 1999
• No clear picture in Marathwada
• The Marathwada break-up
• 'If we have 40 seats, we will play a decisive role in the formation of a government'
• 'It is wrong to say Pawar is all that powerful in Maharashtra'
• It's all in the family

September 4, 1999
• Pawar play
• NCP may end up digging Sushilkumar Shinde's grave
• Naxals strike fear among voters in border areas

September 3, 1999
• NCP hopes to put it across to Congress in Wardha
• Brother and brother-in-law
• 'The people want to teach the Congress a lesson'

August 31, 1999
• Rawale faces tough challenge from Samajwadi Party's Majeed Memon

August 29, 1999
• In Nanded, it's a fight between BJP and Congress

August 28, 1999
• Bombay, Madras HCs quash petitions against Sonia
• Ribeiro calls for ending Thackeray's 'one-man rule'

August 27, 1999
• Fewer women to contest in Maharashtra

August 26, 1999
• Maharashtra Police ready for the polls
• RPI (Athawale) releases its final list

August 25, 1999
• 'I have been the only campaigner in Maharashtra'

August 24, 1999
• NCP manifesto promises fixed term for Lok Sabha

August 22, 1999
• Sena-BJP has the edge in Maharashtra: Outlook-CMS poll
• Shivraj Patil, Mukul Wasnik among hopefuls in Maharashtra

August 20, 1999
• NCP partners have sorted matters out: Bhujbal
• 'Tis a Seshanian blunder, says Thackeray
• BJP shuts the door on Anna Joshi in Pune, nominates city chief

August 19, 1999
• Hazare calls off fast, not crusade
• Ganesh Naik resigns from Sena, to contest on NCP ticket

August 18, 1999
• NCP will form government in Maharashtra, says Pawar