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...successors. There was S. K. Patil, 65, the political boss of Bombay and favorite of India's big businessmen. One might consider Y. B. Chavan, 51, Shastri's Defense Minister, who had won good marks during last fall's war with Pakistan. There was also acting Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda, who had held that post once before during the interregnum after Nehru's death. And then there was former Finance Minister Morarji Desai, 69, the hard-necked, puritanical Hindu who had lost out in the succession fight after Nehru's death. Now he was determined not to lose a second...
Hardly Shy. At first, Kamaraj seemed to consider Y. B. Chavan, 51, Shastri's Defense Minister and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra state. But he gave up on him (too many political enemies), passed over Interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda (lackluster), and ruled himself out on the ground that he speaks neither Hindi nor English. Increasingly, Kamaraj found that the person with the fewest serious enemies, the widest reputation and the most attractive personality was Indira Gandhi. Nor was the lady shy. "I will do what Mr. Kamaraj wants me to," she told reporters. Her main competition came from...
...Delhi, home minister Gulzarilal Nanda was sworn in as the new prime minister, a job he held briefly after the death of Nehru a year-and-a-half...
...Nanda, he explained, was not considered for Prime Minister at the time of Nehru's death because Indian Congress Party members distrusted his close association with V.K. Krishna Mennon, but during Shastri's one-and-a half years in office, Nanda had grown closer to party leaders...
When not inspecting grain markets Home Minister Nanda is busy with his loudly heralded campaign against corruption. Nanda thought he had Shastri's approval, but at a recent meeting of Congress party leaders, he was dismayed to find himself opposed both by Shastri and Atulya Ghosh, boss of Eastern India. The government made one attempt to show itself vigilant, but Nanda could not take credit for the move, since it was ordered by the Finance Ministry. Besides, it was scarcely what the country had been waiting for: a spectacular raid on tax-dodging movie stars...