Word: scindia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...former princely state of Gwalior, a scion of maharajahs, Madhavrao Scindia, 39, the local candidate for Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's Congress (I) Party, courted voters after descending each day from his sumptuous palace amid a swirl of liveried servants; just as faithfully every morning, his mother regally journeyed from the palace to campaign for an opposition party. In the southern town of Madhuranthakam, a disgruntled politician, who had been refused a place on the party ticket by the Prime Minister, plunged the local election into chaos by persuading 84 people to join him in running as independent candidates. Having...
...local level, Gandhi's chances of winning back her old seat in the Rae Bareli district have been enhanced by a split in the opposition reflecting the disarray that also prevails in India's other major political parties. Facing Gandhi are a former Maharani, Vijaya Reje Scindia, on the Janata ticket, and Mahipal Singh Shastri, representing Lok Dal. But in case of a slip-up in Rae Bareli, Gandhi has taken the precaution of running in a second constituency, in Andhra Pradesh, the only one of India's states that Gandhi's party now rules...
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