NEW YORK: With United States Congressional election results all in it turns out Stephen Solarz may not have been the only friend India lost on Capitol Hill from New York.

Of 22 incumbent Congressmen who kept their seats 16 had voted in favor of India and four had voted against India on most if not all four occasions. Two had been favorable as often as not.

The dozen Congressmen who did not make it included 10 with a vote record favorable to India. Seven of them including Solarz were eliminated in early selection.

One Ted Weiss died. Two lost recently to political opponents Democrat Thomas Downey was defeated by Republican Rick Lazio and Republican Bill Green by Democrat Carolyn Maloney.

Here is the list of incumbent winners along with their voting record on four occasions.

Members who had voted in favor of India Democrats George Hochbrueckner Gary Ackerman Thomas Manton Edolphus Towns Major Owens Charles Rangel Eliot Engel Nita Lowey M.Menulty Floyd Flake and Louise Slaughter and Republicans Hamilton Fish Benjamin Gilman S.Bochlert James Wilsh and A.Houghton Members whose votes went against India Democrats C.Scumer and John Lafalce and Republicans Bill Raxon and Gerald Solomon.

Republican Susan Molinari and Democrat Jose Serrano had voted as often for India as against.

Among those who lost: Members who had been sympathetic to India: Democrats Downey Weiss Solarz Robert Mazek James Scheur and Mathew Mchugh and Republicans Green Raymond Megrath Frank Horton and Normal Lent.

Members who had voted against India: Democrat Henry Nowak and Republican David Martin.

Besides Lazio and Maloney the newcomers include :Democrats Maurice Hinchey Jerrold Nadler and Nydia Velazquez and Republicans David Levy Peter King John Mchugh and Jack Qunn.

The four key votes: A move to reduce development aid by $24 million albeit without naming any country.

A move to ban aid to India unless the US President certifies that it acquired no “additional nuclear explosive devices” and that proposed aid would reduce the risk of it doing so.

A move to havle aid to India. A counter-move to expose Pakistan based terrorism behind human rights violations in Kashmir and Punjab resulting virally in the shelving of an aid cut proposal against India.

Article extracted from this publication >> November 20, 1992