Start is rocky for new minority coalition government: BJP, allies spend first day in negotiations over cabinet posts, underscoring bumpy path ahead

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The Bharatiya Janata Party spend a whole day of political haggling to complete the cabinet line up of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The 21 cabinet ministers and 21 junior ministers include Yashwant Sinha as finance minister, George Fernandes as defense minister, Lal Khrisna Advani as home minister, Sikander Bakht as industry minister and Ramakhrisna Hedge as commerce minister. The new Indian cabinet is supposed to fulfill the campaign promise of Vajpayee of increasing India's economic growth, whose GDP forecast is pegged at 5%, compared to the 7% to 8% growth posted in the previous years.

National Government, Public Administration, Political activity, Economic development, Bharatiya Janata Party (India), Vajpayee, Atal Bihari

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In a pickle: retired businessmean gives Rao political heartburn

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Indian businessman Lakhubhai Pathak is implicating former Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao as an accessory in his fraud case against a guru named Chandraswami. Pathak claims he was defrauded of $100,000 by Chandraswami over a government contract for newsprint that appeared to have Rao's blessing. Many feel this case only adds to the call to remove Rao as head of the Congress Party because of his weak leadership and other allegations of impropriety.

Cases, Political corruption, Rao, P.V. Narasimha, Pathak, Lakhubhai

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