New Premier Wins Confidence Vote
From Times Wire Reports
New Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral easily won a confidence vote but now faces the more daunting task of keeping together his disparate United Front coalition. The voice vote in Parliament ended a three-week leadership crisis sparked when the powerful Congress Party withdrew support from the previous United Front government. Congress accused Gujral’s predecessor, H. D. Deve Gowda, of supporting Hindu radicals and also criticized his economic policies. Restoring the party’s support involved ousting Gowda.
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