The World - News from July 7, 1985
The chief minister of India’s troubled Gujarat state resigned after months of religious and class bloodshed set in motion by a decision to open more places in universities and more good jobs to low-caste Hindus and untouchables. Madhavsinh Solanki quit “under pressure” from his ruling Congress-I Party, his spokesman said. Demands for his resignation had mounted as police and paramilitary troops failed to quell riots that crippled the west Indian state’s economy.
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