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...Gandhi allies oust an ex-idol
...Telugu Desam party won control of the state assembly by taking 199 of its 295 seats. But if a chief minister no longer commands a majority, he can be dismissed by the governor of the state. Andhra Pradesh's governor, who is loyal to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her ruling Congress (I) Party-the I is for Indira-ousted Rama Rao on the dubious grounds that too many Telugu Desam legislators had defected to other parties. When news of Rama Rao's dismissal spread, violent protests erupted across Andhra Pradesh. Before they were over, 27 people...
Critics of Mrs. Gandhi, noting that she must call national elections by next January, suspect that Rama Rao's removal is part of a precampaign maneuver to strengthen the Prime Minister's hand in the six of India's 22 states that Congress (I) did not control. Only six weeks before Rama Rao's fall in Andhra Pradesh, Gandhi loyalists had similarly ousted the chief minister of the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. The furor over Rama Rao's removal has probably bought time for the chief ministers of the other four states-Karnataka...
...this fuss over Ferraro? After Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi and Margaret Thatcher, you guys are not "breaking through." You are catching...
...Kashmir, however, have added to the strain of other sectarian agonies in India: the rebellion that continues to disrupt neighboring Punjab, and the Hindu-Muslim animosity that has simmered for months in India's northeastern state of Assam. The question many concerned Indians are asking is whether Mrs. Gandhi is a bulwark against disruptive regionalism, or one of its principal causes...