Rebels without a cause: Sonia Gandhi fails to heal Congress rift

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A split in India's ruling Congress Party reportedly led Sonia Gandhi to emerge from self-imposed political exile, but Prime Minister and party leader PV Narasimha Rao apparently rejected her overtures. ND Tiwari and Arjun Singh left the leadership after recent election disappointments, and on May 19 opened an attack on party heads that included portraying themselves as the political heirs to Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi. Some commentators say the split is minor, and Rao still plans to hold elections in Kashmir.

National liberation movements

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The tiger turns

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India's ruling Congress Party suffered a startling setback in 1995 elections in India. It lost in Gujarat to the Bharatiya Janata Party, as expected, but also to a BJP-Shiv Sena party coalition in Maharashtra. An unexpected win in Orissa and a probable one in Bihar may offset the losses and help secure Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's position in his party. Shiv Sena's leader, Bal Thackeray, rules much of Bombay through anti-Muslim, strong-arm tactics.

Nationalism

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Political farce

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The Bharatiya Janata Party's Ekta Yatra, or political pilgrimage to Muslim-dominated Kashmir, attempted to demonstrate to India's Hindu populace the inability of the ruling Congress-I Party to deal with the country's problems. The march ended at Srinagar on Jan 26, 1992, India's Republic Day, with party president Murli Manohar Joshi leading a poorly-attended flag-raising ceremony.

Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Asia, Muslims, Muslims in Asia, Joshi, Murli Manohar

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