Alarm bells appear ringing for UPA-2 as the Samajwadi Party and Trinamul Congress rallied behind A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as their presidential choice Thursday. Congress attempts to break the SP have so far

With the CAG report indicting Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on the CWG issue, speculation is rife that the party is set to drop her. However, following the Karnataka formula, Ms Dikshit might be given a chance to select her own successor. “Let me see the CAG report first,” Ms Dikshit said, “all details will now be provided to the PAC”.