H.D. Deve Gowda Replaces Vajpayee as Indian P.M.

From: Morning Edition (NPR) | Date: May 29, 1996 | Copyright information

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United Front Leader H.D. Deve Gowda has been named Indian prime minister following Hindu nationalist Atal Bihari Vajpayee's resignation. Colleagues call Gowda `the least unacceptable choice' for the post.

BOB EDWARDS, Host: India has a new prime minister, the second in as many weeks. He is H.D. Deve Gowda, the leader of the United Front, a loose alliance of 13 socialist, regional and lower caste parties. He was asked by India's president to try to form a government after the abrupt resignation yesterday of the Hindu nationalist prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. ...

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