NEW DELHI: India faced unrest on Wednesday after the country’s first Hindu nationalist government resigned ahead of certain defeat in a parliamentary confidence vote.
H.D, Deve Gowda, a low-profile peasant leader heading the United Front (UF) alliance of leftists and Camorrists, was named by President Shankar Dayal Sharma to replace outgoing Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
‘A two-day debate on a confidence motion in the: ruling. Pro Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ended abruptly on Tuesday when Vajpayee, 69, announced he was resigning and ‘would not seek a vote on the fate of his minority government.
Authorities were on alert for protests and street violence after pro Hindu, demonstrators in Bombay, India’s commercial capital, protested after the resignation announcement.
Tensions are likely to be high on Wednesday, a national holidays in secular India, because of possible clashes between pro Hindu demon.
Article extracted from this publication >> June 5, 1996
