In Huge Upset, Gandhi's Party Wins Election in India

BenReilly · May 13, 2004

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/international/asia/13CND-INDI.html?hp

EW DELHI, May 13 — Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee resigned this evening after his ruling coalition suffered a resounding defeat in parliamentary elections, party officials said today.

The Indian National Congress, led by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, emerged as the single largest party in the poll results announced today. It appeared poised to form the country's next government with the likely support of its electoral allies and the country's Communist parties.

It is not yet certain — although it seems likely — that Mrs. Gandhi herself will stake claim to be prime minister, since even some of the party's allies have questioned whether a woman of non-Indian origin should lead this nation of more than 1 billion people.
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Pmoliu · May 13, 2004

Damn, Dick Cheney is good.

Paul

Revolt · May 13, 2004

Don't know why, but the guy who runs the 7-11 on the Simpsons just popped into my head.