Hindu Nationalist Leader Named India's Premier

From: The Washington Post | Date: May 16, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

India's president named Atal Bihari Vajpayee as prime minister today and gave his Hindu nationalist party the right to form the next government, but opposition from a multi-party alliance probably means his government can survive no longer than two weeks in a closely divided Parliament.

President Shankar D. Sharma followed political custom and gave the largest vote-getter in national elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), until May 31 to expand the plurality it won last week into a majority in Parliament. Failure to win a vote of confidence at that time would bring down Vajpayee's ...

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