Govt may scrape through: CPM In spite of hectic political lobbying against the UPA ahead of the trial of strength in Lok Sabha, the CPM leadership has reportedly projected that the Congress-led government would scrape through in the trust vote with a slender margin.
Maya, Third Fronts new favourite The BSP President Mayawati is fast emerging as a main rallying point for the Third Front, which was recently deserted by SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, who crossed over to Congress.
Loyalties in a flux With the trust vote day approaching, the leaders are changing sides with unmatched speed.
Gowda to either vote against UPA or abstain Janata Dal (S) national president H D Deve Gowda is understood to have told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday that his party would either vote against his government, or "at the most, abstain from voting."
3 State MPs stay away from Sonias meeting Three Congress MPs from Karnataka were absent when party president Sonia Gandhi met MPs on Saturday, ahead of the trust vote in Lok Sabha on Monday.
Sikh activists burn an effigy of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the leader of Dera Sacha Sauda, during a protest at the Jammu-Pathankot highway, on the outskirts of Jammu on Saturday. AP
