From HT Archives: United Front picks IK Gujral to lead the nation as PM
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From HT Archives: United Front picks IK Gujral to lead the nation as PM

Hindustan Times  

The United Front arrived at a consensus on April 19, 1997, to elect external affairs minister Inder Kumar Gujral as its leader in place of HD Deve Gowda, on whose removal was contingent the Congress’s renewed support to the multi-party combine. Earlier, the steering committee’s decision was announced by Gowda in the presence of Naidu, and Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah. Their role as founder members of the UF was lauded by West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, the CPl’s AB Bardhan and Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party. In fact, a consensus on the external affairs minister’s candidature was managed by Lalu Yadav, in tandem with JD working president Sharad Yadav, earlier in the day.

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