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...hand were 70,000 people who sat crosslegged, on the ground or on jute mats, to hear a succession of speakers denounce the government for its harsh curtailment of the nation's freedom. "You have found out what kind of people rule this country," declared Opposition Leader Morarji Desai, 80, who had been released from prison a fortnight earlier. "It is as important to keep our freedom secure from this type of government as to keep it in the face of a foreign threat." Desai drew a roar of approval when he accused the government of "vasectomizing" democracy...
...gifted tactician, Mrs. Gandhi not only stunned the electorate but once again confounded her opponents. Morarji Desai, 80, the wily leader of the Old Congress Party and an implacable political foe of Mrs. Gandhi's, suddenly found himself released from jail only a few hours before Mrs. Gandhi's broadcast. The relatively short campaign period, he complained, "puts a hardship on the opposition. But I am sure that the sudden declaration of an election will benefit not the Prime Minister but the nation." Declared Piloo Mody, secretary of the Indian People's Party: "I am happy about...
...opposition will have difficulty disputing this claim and may be reduced to campaigning chiefly against a repressive rule that is now, after all, largely suspended. Moreover, Morarji Desai and his fellow challengers must contend with the fact that the governing Congress Party has won every national election since India became independent in 1947. One of the main reasons for this consistent success has been that the opposition parties have long been victimized by ideological differences and widespread disunity. This time the opposition will be further handicapped by a lack of funds and the disarray in its grassroots organizations caused...
...rejected both the extreme left and right-as well as many of the rich. S.K. Patil, Bombay boss of the Opposition Congress Party, was defeated, as were Swatantra Party Chairman "Mi-noo" Masani and Samyukta Socialist Party Leader Madhu Limaye. One who did manage to keep his seat was Morarji Desai, Indira's old Opposition Congress foe, though his margin was narrowed from 125,000 votes in 1967 to 32,000 last week. Also re-elected were Jana Sangh Leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Rajmatas (Queen Mothers) of Gwalior and Jaipur (see color), and V.K. Krishna Menon, the scourge...
...lady proved to be a determined and skilled political tactician. Suspecting that Deputy Prime Minister Morarji Desai, who is now a leading Syndicate member, would thwart her socialistic policies, Indira dismissed him from the Cabinet. Last July, in a direct test of strength, she nominated her own candidate, V. V. Giri, to run against the Syndicate's choice for the presidency of India. He won by a narrow margin...