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NOT MY BABY, SAYS MASANI
Statesman · MADRAS · 1971
1 pages
Summary
This one-page Statesman clipping reports remarks by M. R. Masani, president of the Swatantra Party, about a four-party electoral front led by Congress (O). Masani said the alliance had briefly been called the “Democratic Front” before the name was withdrawn on January 2 at the insistence of the SSP.
The report presents Masani as rejecting responsibility for naming or owning the alliance. He described it first as a “nameless front” and then dismissed it as simply “a front,” refusing reporters’ suggestion that he should christen it.
Key points
- The clipping is datelined Madras, January 10, and reports remarks attributed to M. R. Masani.
- Masani is identified as president of the Swatantra Party.
- The reported alliance was described as a four-party front led by Congress (O).
- The front had previously been called the “Democratic Front.”
- The name was reportedly deleted on January 2 at the insistence of the SSP.
- Masani characterized the alliance as a “nameless front” and refused to name it himself.
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