Next Indian Elections

(15 Feb 1998) T/I 10:22:33

Campaigning for the first phase of the Indian general election
ended on Saturday night ahead of Monday's (16/02) vote.
Of the 543 parliamentary seats in the country's Lok Sabha, or
parliament, 222 will be decided in Monday's polling.
The other polling days are February 22nd and 28th and March 7th.
In Delhi, election officials spent the weekend preparing the
voting kits that are being distributed to the various polling
stations.

SHOWS:

VARIOUS, INDIA - 12-14/2

14/02 DELHI
Election officials preparing ballot papers,
ballot papers in strong boxes and on shoulders,
security outside school to be used as polling station;
newspapers ads urging people to vote,
newspaper ad for the BJP party;

12/02 DELHI
BJP rally,
BJP prime ministerial candidate Atal Behari Vajpayee on stage;
BJP press conference, synch of L.K. Advani,
BJP president, "As of now the choice before voters is ominously
simple. Vote for the BJP for stable government or vote for
another costly mid-term election soon";

13/02 DELHI
Congress party rally with Sonia Gandhi in Delhi;
GV crowd,
Sonia SOT in Hindi: "I was born anew when I first came to New
Delhi. In my first few days here I became a part of Indira
Gandhi's family. She welcomed me with open arms and an open
heart";
synch Surjit Bhalla, political scientist, "There is no
enthusiasm because I think the electorate have a very low
opinion of politicians - all of them - no matter what party they
belong to.";

14/02 DELHI
Election officials displaying voting kits that will got out
to polling stations,
demonstration of how voters' fingers will be marked after they vote;
SOT Pran Chopra, political commentator: "no single party is
going to get a majority, no single group, also in my opinion, is
going to get a majority. The BJP will probably be the biggest
single group.";
GV Connaught Circle in Delhi, vox pops, "I think I'd like to
give the BJP a chance because we haven't tried them before. They
seem a little more clean than the other guys, though a bit dirty
still", "I'll certainly vote BJP because Advani is very strong";
gvs Indian parliament building in Delhi;

Runs: 4.03

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