Is Ram temple finished as an election issue? With an election that has gone overwhelmingly in its favour, will the BJP be spurred on into holding early Lok Sabha elections? By morning, both Houses of Parliament had been adjourned on popular demand. But everywhere in the lobbies, these were the questions being asked.
On his way to Nigeria for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee made at least one thing clear quite firmly: that there would be no early elections.