21.   He said he would approach other parties soon about the possibility of forming a majority coalition or a minority government.

22.   He said Labor, for the first time in its history, could join other socialist parties in forming a majority coalition.

23.   However, parties are jockeying to form a majority coalition and pro-Kuchma forces still hold an overall majority in the Verkhovna Rada.

24.   However, the Bharatiya Janata Party, which led the government that collapsed Saturday, charged that Congress does not have enough support to form a long-term majority coalition.

25.   If there is no clear single-party winner, the prime minister is chosen from the leadership of a majority coalition.

26.   Since then, it has been trying to form a majority coalition in Parliament by a Friday deadline.

27.   The BJP complained Bhandari did not give the party a chance to show it could still put together a majority coalition in the legislature.

28.   The BJP complained Bhandari did not give it a chance to show it could still put together a majority coalition in the legislature, and the courts agreed.

29.   The biggest party in the majority democratic coalition backed him last week, and the junior coalition party reversed its opposition Tuesday night.

30.   The BJP contends that Congress does not have enough support to form a long-term majority coalition and urges the president to reject anything less.