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Congress Party has been racked with internal dissension ever since Nehru last fall asked a number of top Cabinet officers-including Food Minister S. K. Patil, Home Minister Lai Bahadur Shastri, and Finance Minister Morarji Desai -to resign, ostensibly to reorganize the party and revitalize its strength among the masses. But it is generally felt that Nehru actually intended the move as a ruse to shake out of the Cabinet all potential contenders for his post. Wise to the scheme, the ousted ministers set about building up personal followings for a succession fight...
...loyal lieutenants and who, like his leader, comes from Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state and the traditional breeding ground of Congress Party leaders. If Shastri is disqualified -he had a heart attack in 1959-a leading contender for the prime-ministership would probably be S. K. Patil, 63, a right-winger who runs Bombay with brisk efficiency and until the Cabinet purge coped ably with the thankless job of Food Minister, though grain shortages prompted the crack that he "gave India food-for thought...
...Communists, who refused to associate themselves with the no-confidence motion but made the most of it anyway, bitterly condemned the air-training exercises that are to be held jointly with the U.S. and Britain in India, probably in November. The Communists also baited Food Minister S. K. Patil for his "annual pilgrimage to America to beg for more food." Retorted Patil: "Moscow is a delightful city. I wish I could go there all the time. But there are no surpluses of food in Russia...
...Congress Party officials, and led to the resignation of six Cabinet ministers, who announced that they would concentrate on rejuvenating the party. The departing ministers were the strongest men on Nehru's team, although some were in political trouble. Among them were two strong pro-Westerners, Food Minister Patil and Finance Minister Morarji Desai, widely criticized for food shortages and high prices, as well as Home Minister Lai Bahadur Shastri, Nehru's likeliest successor...
...long-term survival depends on learning how to feed itself, which is the object of the $100 million project announced fortnight ago by India's partner in the scheme, the Ford Foundation (TIME, May 9). Until it begins to pay off with massively greater crop yields, S. K. Patil's stockpile will provide insurance against famine and a massive weapon against the speculators who year after year have been able to manipulate India's grain prices to the disadvantage of the largely helpless, hungry consumers...