Search for partners!Rahul Gandhi's excessive enthusiasm for winning new friends for the Congress has landed his party in some trouble. Several constituents of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by the Congress have not been amused by this search for partners since it suggests that the party no longer has much faith in the alliance.
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Election Special: The great Indian poll tamasha
True, the UPA is not in the pink of health. Its prominent members like Lalu Prasad, Ram Vilas Paswan and Mulayam Singh Yadav have set up a mini-front in the Hindi belt. They are fighting both the Congress and their main adversaries, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in Bihar and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh.
Text: IANSImage: AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi addresses an election rally in support of Home Minister and party candidate P Chidambaram in Sivaganga. (Copyright PTI. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.)
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