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‘Hatao’ call not ours—Masani
INDIAN EXPRESS · 1971
1 pages
Summary
This Indian Express news report, dated 12 March 1971, records a statement by Swatantra Party President M. R. Masani following the electorate’s decisive vote of confidence in the Prime Minister and her party. Masani says that democrats must accept the verdict and its implications.
Masani distances the Swatantra Party from the opposition slogan “Indira hatao,” saying that the party had never adopted it and that the electorate had now rejected it. The report adds that the party’s Central Parliamentary Board was scheduled to meet in New Delhi on 20 March to assess the election result and determine the party’s position toward the new Government and other Opposition parties.
Key points
- The report dates the statement to 12 March 1971 and identifies M. R. Masani as Swatantra Party President.
- Masani characterizes the election result as a decisive vote of confidence in the Prime Minister and her party.
- He says democrats should accept the electorate’s verdict and its implications.
- Masani states that the Swatantra Party had never accepted the slogan “Indira hatao.”
- He says the electorate had rejected that slogan.
- The party’s Central Parliamentary Board was to meet on 20 March to decide its response to the new Government and other Opposition parties.
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