21.   There has been no response so far to the threat by a socialist government ruling the state, which is trying to woo foreign investors.

22.   Banda -- who ruled this small impoverished southern African state with an iron fist for three decades -- faces murder charges.

23.   Both states are ruled by the Congress.

24.   The state is presently ruled directly from the capital.

25.   The state is now ruled directly by New Delhi.

26.   The state is ruled by the right-wing BJP party, which also heads the federal coalition led by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

27.   It rules the states of Rajasthan and Maharashtra as well as the capital city of New Delhi.

28.   Newspapers quoted liquor shop owners and employees as saying they would never again vote for Lal, whose Haryana Vikas Party rules the state in alliance with Hindu nationalists.

29.   Since then, the state has been ruled directly by New Delhi.

30.   The BJP unexpectedly lost recent elections for three city council seats in Maharashtra to the Hindu militant Shiv Sena party with which it rules the state in coalition.