essay
'MUTILATED' FRONT
Swatantra keeps out
ECONOMIC TIMES. · New Delhi · 1971
1 pages
Summary
The Economic Times clipping reports from New Delhi on January 4 that leaders of the Swatantra Party had decided to stay out of a proposed conference of political parties. The meeting brought together party representatives from several states and focused on the party’s electoral strategy and its response to the political situation created by divisions within the opposition.
Key points
- The article reports that the Swatantra Party would not participate in the proposed all-party discussions.
- The decision was taken by party leaders representing different state units.
- The party discussed contesting elections through independent candidates.
- The report places the decision within wider opposition-party disagreements and political realignment.
- The clipping is an unsigned news report attributed to UNI.
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