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...Congress-Indira Party (Congress I), published a special edition whose black-bordered front page carried a faked photograph of her smiling beatifically from behind bars. Thousands of pro-Indira protesters poured into the streets of Indian cities setting fire to buses and buildings and hanging Prime Minister Morarji Desai in effigy; at least 15 people died and Gandhi's followers claimed that 32,000 demonstrators were arrested. Two members of the party's youth wing hijacked an Indian Airlines jet to the holy city of Benares with 132 people aboard; their effort to exchange the hostages for Gandhi...
ADAMS--Results not tabulated. CURRIER--Rahul Desai '79, Eric B. Fried '80, Charlie Hall '79, Chris Simmons '79, Susan Stavdohar '81. DUDLEY--Janet Corcoran '79, John Corcoran '79, John Costa '79, Lisa DiTucci '82, Mary Ellen Doherty '79, Peter Lustiber '79. DUNSTER--David Blumbered '81, David Curtis '79, Dan Sherman '79, George Velez '80. ELIOT--David Lakhdir '80, John Ordway '79, John Ramig '80, Jerry Rappaport '80, Douglas Tweedale '80. KIRKLAND--Mark Anderson '79, Pat Fischer '80, Lorraine Hayes '79, John Kopchik '80, Tim Sellers '80. LEVERETT--Mike Calabrese '79, Nick Christakos '79, Jane Fayer '80, Gideon gil '79, Carl...
...immediate cause of Desai's ire was Narain's repeated demands for the resignation of Janata Party President Chandra Shekhar, who is Desai's personal protégé. The Health Minister had accused Chandra Shekhar of political intrigue and undemocratic behavior. But as Desai fully realized, Narain's real target was not Chandra Shekhar but Desai himself. Rising to the challenge, the Prime Minister announced that Chandra Shekhar would remain in place and called upon top Janata leaders to rebuke the obstreperous Narain...
Hovering behind the scenes in the intraparty quarrel was the formidable figure of Home Minister Charan Singh, 75, whose ambition to succeed Desai as Prime Minister is surpassed only by his abiding hatred for Indira Gandhi. Though temporarily incapacitated by a heart attack, Singh warned that Desai's action against Narain had "sounded the death knell of the Janata Party." At the same time, he launched his own indirect offensive against Desai by calling for Mrs. Gandhi's immediate arrest. Scorning Desai's view that she had been punished enough by her defeat at the polls last...
That was too much for Desai. He called an emergency meeting of his Cabinet and threatened to resign unless given a free hand. In the end, he was authorized to write letters to Narain and Singh, asking for their resignations. Both complied, followed by four junior ministers who quit in support of the two dissidents...