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Young candidates as well as young parties appealed to India's voters. Congress Party President Kamaraj Nadar was bested by a 28-year-old student leader. Rail Minister S. K. Patil, a leading member of the party's kingmaking "Syndicate," was unseated by a 36-year-old former dock worker. Surendra Tapuriah, the young man who modeled his hairdo and politics after Bobby Kennedy, won by a landslide. To a younger candidate, too, fell fiery old Leftist Krishna Menon, 69, in a defeat that undoubtedly ended his stormy political career...
...Indira gained? Very little, her friends feared. True, she had shown that she could defy the bosses, and her shuffle put stronger men in more important posts. The big fear was that her tactics had turned the most important party bosses against her. Powerful Railways Minister S. K. Patil was upset over the elevation of Chavan, a rival in Bombay politics. Patil is one of the three kingmakers who comprise the "Syndicate" that has often controlled Congress Party appointments. The other two-West Bengal Politico Atulya Ghosh and Transportation Minister Sanjiva Reddy-were also upset by Indira's sudden...
Selection Process. Destiny may have ordained Indira for India's biggest post, but it took shrewd politicking by others to get her there. When news of Shastri's death flashed across India, Delhi buzzed with the names of possible 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...
Once, as the crisis grew worse, he displayed temper, angrily denouncing the U.S. for its failure to condemn Pakistan for its infiltration of Kashmir. Railways Minister S. K. Patil calmed him down, saying "If America went to war in Guatemala or Uruguay, you would tell both sides to stop fighting. You wouldn't tell them who is at fault...
...Patil, 63, outspoken leader of the party's right wing and the man in control of wealthy Bombay, which supplies two-thirds of the party's finances. - Atulya Ghosh, 59, cigar-chomping boss of eastern India...