Word: gandhis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Congress Party has been racked by severe quarrels. Last week the party split into two rival groups, each of which claimed to be the legitimate party. One group was led by the old-line bosses, who are known collectively as the Syndicate. The other pledged its allegiance to Indira Gandhi. Under most circumstances a split in the Congress Party, whose unity in the past has helped hold the diversified country together, might have had grave effects on India's stability. As it turned out, Indira carried such a large part of the party with her that the country hardly...
...split itself was triggered by a power struggle. Angered by Indira's attempts to oust them from control of the party machinery, the bosses took an unusual step. After frenzied discussions, they expelled Prime Minister Gandhi from Congress for refusing to obey party discipline. Accusing Indira of encouraging a "personality cult that is threatening democracy in the organization," they called upon the party to elect a new government leader...
After a bitter internecine quarrel, the party's executive committee was split into two warring factions, the process of government was all but paralyzed, and a few unhappy chieftains even threatened to expel Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from the party. Even if a complete schism is somehow averted, which looks doubtful, the Congress Party already has lost much of its old unity. Dissension within the party is certain to jar India's volatile and increasingly fragmented political scene...
Election Fears. Founded originally in 1885, the party led the crusade to cast off British rule. Congress thrived under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. But in recent years, the party has lost much of its broad appeal, and other parties have sprung up to challenge it. In the 1967 elections, the Congress Party lost heavily. In Parliament, its once massive majority fell to a bare 24 seats. Fearful that her party would suffer further losses in the 1972 elections, Mrs. Gandhi began trying to attract more voters by nationalizing the banks and promising to accelerate India...
DIRECTIONS (ABC, 1-1:30 p.m.). "Gandhi" is a drama sprinkled with film clips of the Indian leader's life...