81.   Waldegrave has denied any wrongdoing and rejected opposition demands to resign.

82.   When the opposition demanded a recount, ballots that had been taken to the police station disappeared.

83.   However, the opposition is demanding that a council of national reconciliation then form an interim government, to be followed by general elections.

84.   In a related development the main opposition Saturday demanded amnesty for leaders of a key ethnic party, while announcing a peace initiative for Karachi.

85.   In addition to an investigation, the opposition has also demanded the resignation of Communications Minister Sukh Ram.

86.   Angry opposition MPs demanded that Rao quit immediately in the wake of a Supreme Court directive ordering detectives probing the scandal not to report directly to the prime minister.

87.   As he spoke the opposition noisily demanded the release of three of its deputies, criticised government policies and then decided to boycott the session.

88.   Bihar governor A.R. Kidwai, meanwhile, rejected opposition demands to impose federal rule.

89.   But a deadlock emerged over the weekend after the opposition demanded that a special prosecutor investigate the Hanbo scandal and live television coverage of the hearings in parliament.

90.   But the opposition demanded anew that the ruling party should first repeal the law.