Word: janata
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...election that made Gandhi's re-emergence possible has come about as the result of a tangled political crisis that began last summer, when India's ruling Janata Party split in two. The leader of the breakaway Lok Dal faction, Charan Singh, was named Prime Minister of a shaky coalition government. But when Gandhi withdrew her party's support, parliament had to be dissolved. With Singh remaining in office temporarily as caretaker Prime Minister, a new general election was called 21/2 years ahead of schedule...
...national level, Gandhi's principal competitor for power is Jagjivan Ram, 71, the leader of the Janata Party, which the polls indicate is running a close second to Gandhi's Congress Party...
...Gandhi's chances of winning back her old seat in the Rae Bareli district have been enhanced by a split in the opposition reflecting the disarray that also prevails in India's other major political parties. Facing Gandhi are a former Maharani, Vijaya Reje Scindia, on the Janata ticket, and Mahipal Singh Shastri, representing Lok Dal. But in case of a slip-up in Rae Bareli, Gandhi has taken the precaution of running in a second constituency, in Andhra Pradesh, the only one of India's states that Gandhi's party now rules...