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Masani allows free vote
Indian Express · 1971
1 pages
Summary
This short Indian Express report records a statement by Swatantra Party chief M. R. Masani concerning the South Bombay election. Masani said that individual party members were free to vote according to their own preferences.
The report adds that the Swatantra Party had not participated in or intervened as a party in the South Bombay campaign. It therefore says that the question of the party supporting George Fernandes or any other candidate did not arise.
Key points
- M. R. Masani is identified as chief of the Swatantra Party.
- Individual Swatantra Party members in South Bombay were free to vote as they wished.
- The party had refrained from participating in or intervening in the South Bombay election campaign.
- The report says there was consequently no question of the party supporting George Fernandes or another candidate.
- The clipping is a brief staff-reporter account of a statement made in Bombay.
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