Word: shastri
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...green-upholstered chair in Parliament, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri listened to his critics attack the government on everything from the Indian economy to the army's inability to come to grips with Pakistani infiltrators in Kashmir...
...reply, Shastri gently chided the opposition for offering "routine" motions of censure - last week's was the third in 14 months. Shastri added, "We are passing through fire. I would only like to say this, that the government that is passing through fire will come out of it much brighter and much stronger. It is this government that will deliver the goods." When the vote was taken, the censure motion lost...
...Trains and buses brought adherents from as far as Jammu, north of Kashmir, and more than 250,000 saffron-clad demonstrators marched from the ancient Red Fort to Parliament, led by eleven buglers and 200 men on motor scooters. In unison, the throng chanted such slogans as, "Shastri, you cannot beg peace, you have to win it!" and "Tit for tat is the right policy against Pakistan...
Though strong in the streets, Jana Sangh was weak in Parliament. Its anti-government motion was overwhelmingly defeated, 262 to 17. Despite the new fighting in Kashmir, Prime Minister Shastri was determined to eradicate the causes of the old fighting in the barren Rann of Kutch where Indians and Pakistanis had clashed last spring. But he canceled the scheduled visit of Pakistan's Foreign Minister Zulfikar AH Bhutto to discuss the Rann of Kutch because "no useful purpose" would be served...
Thus, the problem will automatically be put before a three-man tribunal. India and Pakistan will each select one member, while the vital third will be a man acceptable to both countries. The ruling Congress Party introduced a motion approving the Kutch agreement and giving Shastri a free hand to reach a settlement. It was accepted by Parliament...