India: New Hindu Nationalist Coalition Government Dismisses Cabinet Minister Facing Corruption Charges

Record ID: 3980

  • Title: India: New Hindu Nationalist Coalition Government Dismisses Cabinet Minister Facing Corruption Charges
  • Date: 20th April 1998
  • Summary: India's five-week-old Hindu nationalist coalition government has dropped a cabinet minister who is facing corruption charges. Bowing to pressure from a regional ally, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on April 20 sacked Communications Minister Buta Singh after the Supreme Court cleared the way for graft charges to be brought against him. Vajpayee's government is a dispa
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  • Location: INDIA DELHI
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