Word: giani
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Parliament considered ways of dealing with what Indian President Giani Zail Singh called "the virus of communalism," the ballots were finally tabulated late last week. The Congress (I) Party won a clear majority, taking 90 out of the 108 seats in the state legislature and four of the five seats for Parliament. That came as no surprise, since the small Communist Party (Marxist) was the only other party contesting the election. Officials said that voting had been heavy (70%) in the Bengali districts, where there was no violence, but that 18 state and seven parliamentary contests...