POLITICS
Poll prequel

By Vijaya Pushkarna and Prabha Jagannathan
Story Dated: Monday, June 18, 2012 9:44 hrs IST
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| Coalition confusion: If the UPA is concerned about chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s health and Rahul Gandhi’s dipping stock, the NDA is numbed by the brazen ambitions of those in the BJP. |
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| Friend or foe? Depends: While Mulayam Singh may lend issue-based support to the UPA, he would also want to rake in Lok Sabha seats in 2014 by de-linking from the Congress and its credibility deficit. |
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| Federal forever: J. Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee do not want a powerful government at the Centre. The AIADMK and the Trinamool Congress would join a pro-federalism alliance, if the need arises. |
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| fight for the hot seat: BJP party leaders like Lal Krishna Advani (left), Narendra Modi (right), Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj are trying to elbow each other out in the race to become the next Prime Minister. |
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