Another exit raises doubts over INDIA bloc's viability

Jayant Chaudhary's departure, following the BJP's announcement of the Bharat Ratna for Chaudhary Charan Singh, has not only halted seat-sharing talks between the Samajwadi Party, RLD, and Congress in Uttar Pradesh, but has also dealt a prestige blow to the national-level pre-poll alliance of anti-BJP parties, despite their...