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...JAGJIVAN RAM--A popular minister of agriculture, Ram resigned from Gandhi's cabinet last week in protest over the continuation of some aspects of "emergency" rule. Ram, an untouchable, is likely to bring a large bloc of votes from that caste into the Janata camp...
...chances for the Janata Party to even approach majority status are slim, but the party moved a step closer to challenging Congress rule last week when a powerful political leader, Agriculture Minister Jagjivan Ram, quit the cabinet and joined the party's ranks...
...Ram, an untouchable, controls a large bloc of that caste's votes. Having risen to heights in the government unheard of for someone in his caste, Ram enjoys a large and devoted following among the untouchables. Although members of the caste have traditionally given strong support to Congress, Ram has an excellent chance of luring them over to Janata and seriously eroding Gandhi's power base...
...Ram ostensibly left Gandhi in protest over her failure to completely lift emergency rule, but insiders report that his defection was largely the result of internal maneuverings between Ram and the Prime Minister's son, Sanjay Gandhi. The 30-year-old Sanjay has begun to amass significant power as a behind-the-scenes actor in his mother's camp. After the elections, it is very likely that several dozen members of parliament will owe their seats in some way to the machinations of Sanjay. It is also believed that he forced Ram out of the cabinet to prepare the powerful...
...Such sentiments are particularly noteworthy. existing despite an Indian economy that is healthier than it has beer in years. Still, Janata has little chance of gaining enough seats to sway government policies or insure against a re-enactment of the events since June 1975. With Desai, Narayan, Ram and others united in firm opposition to the current government Gandhi faces the most serious challenge to her rule since the election scandal that prompted the "emergency," but the grooming of her son Sanjay as a clear successor to her is indication enough that the aging. Indian ruler still sees herself...