Uneasy Heartland

Romesh Thapar MAKE no mistake about it: the new Congress Party is not going to accept defeat in Uttar Pradesh. To do so would be to invite political instability at the Centre. But Charan Singh is as crafty as they come. His formal withdrawal from the provincial leadership battle and the sudden injection of that honest waffler, T N Singh, as SVD leader has startled the hierarchy of the new Congress Party.