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Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded his mother Indira as Prime Minister after her assassination in October, broke off his campaigning for the Dec. 24 national elections to visit Bhopal. Expressing his shock and sorrow, Gandhi announced a $4 million relief fund. In addition, Arjun Singh, chief minister of Madhya Pradesh state, of which Bhopal is the capital, promised compensation of about $500 for every family that had suffered a death and $100 for every family that had a member hospitalized. President Reagan sent Gandhi a note expressing the grief shared by him and the American people...
...Indira Gandhi's assassination underscores how important it is to keep religion out of politics. Religious fervor is not born of reason and therefore no objective discussion can take place. A democracy can be destroyed unless religion and politics are kept separate...
Rajiv Gandhi has been criticized as too inexperienced to head the world's largest democracy and handle the present situation in India. When Indira Gandhi entered politics, she lacked experience, yet she emerged as a good leader. India is a country in shock and anger, but Rajiv Gandhi can lead India in unity and peace, perhaps better than his mother...
Your coverage of Indira Gandhi was too flattering. At best, she was a Soviet client who ruthlessly inflicted her dynastic rule and divided the people just as her British masters had done. India is neither democratic nor secular. The U.N. Commission on Human Rights needs to take a close look at Hindu India...
...apparent crime. According to Mubarak, the four gunmen-two of whom were English-revealed details of a Libyan hit list. On it were such leaders as Mitterrand, West Germany's Helmut Kohl, Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, Britain's Margaret Thatcher and India's late Indira Gandhi...