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UF set to postpone leadership meet

Political crisis defused as Gujarat CM resigns
NEW DELHI. Oct 28: A political crisis in the western Indian state of Gujarat was defused today after the chief minister agreed to step down, the Press Trust of India reported, says AFP.
Shankarslnh Vaghela resigned after the Congress (I) Party, which kept nim in power, said it would withdraw its support and force new elections unless he quit.
Dilip Parikah, a member of Vaghela's own Rashtriya Janata Party (National People s Party), was sworn in today as the head of a new Cabinet, most of whom had served in the previous administration.
Vaghela. who headed a Hindu nationalist government last year, had won Congress support when he broke away and formed a government headed by his new party.
But Congress, which bitterly opposes the Hindu nationalists right-wing agenda, turned against Vaghela after accusing him of not consulting it on major policy decisions.
Gujarat is the second Indian state to be rocked by political unrest this month.
The Hindu nationalist government of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh has been accused of bribing opposition
members to stay in power. The accusations led to a mass brawl in the assembly chamber. .
Meanwhile. India's minority ruling coalition was set to postpone a critical leadership meeting following a political crisis in the key state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Tuesday.
They said the United Front coalition partners were expected to put off Wednesday's meeting and assemble instead early in November.
Yadav Reddy, a spokesman for Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral's Janata Dal (People's Party), said the meeting of the Front's Steering Committee, a think-tank which co-ordinates policy among the fragile coalition's dozen left-wing and centre par ties, "was most likely" to be postponed.
He added: "It will be a stormy one as developments in Uttar Pradesh will be discussed."
The coalition Cabinet remains badly split over the handling of the Uttar Pradesh crisis, which arose after a mass brawl in the state assembly earlier this month before a vote of confidence.
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, Indian People's Party) govern-
ment. which survived the vote, was accused of bribing opposition members of the assembly to keep it in power
The United Front, however, after two days of wavering, reversed a decision to sack the Uttar Pradesh government, fearing the imposition of direct rule from New Delhi could be chal-lenged in court.
Reddy confirmed There had been a difference of opinion among the partners in the government over a plan to impose federal rule in the Uttar Pradesh state."
Uttar Pradesh. India's most populous region with 140 million people, is regarded as the heart of the country. It has provided India with most of its dozen prime ministers.
The aftermath of the crisis continued to rumble today, following newspaper reports that the BJP had been forced to increase its Cabinet from 23 to a massive 92 as a sop to opposition defectors who helped it survive.
The right-wing BJP had looked set to Ipse control of the key state on October 21 after losing the support of an allied party. But it was Joined by 47 members of other parties dur ing the vote, giving It 222 out of 425 seats and sparking the
bribery accusations.
The Pioneer Daily said today that Uttar Pradesh now had mbre ministers than the state has districts" and argued It was clear the new ministers had been "rewarded for a specific favour rendered on that crucial day".
Reddy said the allegations would be discussed at national level, adding: "It is a bit strange that all the defectors are being rewarded and made ministers. The United Front will review this matter.
Analysts say the main issue now is how badly relationships within the United Front coalition in New Delhi have been damaged by the affair.
Many parties within the National Cabinet, including traditionally anti-BJP groups like the Communists, as well as the Congress, outside the coalition but which keep the United Front in power with its parlia-mentaiy backing, feel the Front showed weakness in not imposing direct rule.
The lingering bitterness, analysts say. could lead to some parties deserting the United Front, thus threatening Its future The Front came Into power in April after an earher coalition collapsed after 11 months in government.