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Masani canvasses for Meghraj
INDIAN EXPRESS · 1971
1 pages
Summary
This one-page Indian Express report, dated 3 March 1971, describes Swatantra Party chairman M. R. Masani campaigning in Rajkot and Surendranagar for Meghraj, the candidate from Dhrangadhra. Masani appealed to voters to support Meghraj as part of an effort to save the country from communism.
The report says Masani addressed a large meeting at the Young Club ground after the election in Rajkot had concluded. He attributed the country’s difficulties to faulty government policies and portrayed Meghraj as hardworking, intelligent, and quiet. Asked about his wife’s campaigning for the Prime Minister’s candidate, Masani acknowledged her freedom to do so but said he believed she was wrong.
Key points
- M. R. Masani is identified as chairman of the Swatantra Party.
- Masani campaigned in Surendranagar for Meghraj of Dhrangadhra.
- He framed the election as a means of helping save India from communism.
- Masani blamed faulty government policies for the country’s problems.
- He described Meghraj as hardworking, intelligent, and quiet.
- Masani said his wife was free to campaign for the Prime Minister’s candidate, while arguing that she was wrong to do so.
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