ABSTRACT
Within a scant eighteen-month span, India held two national elections. The first, in November 1989, witnessed the political demise of Rajiv Gandhi and the precipitous decline of his Congress Party. The second, in May 1991, witnessed his assassination at the hands of Tamil Tiger extremists just as the Congress Party seemed poised on the threshold of
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|217 pages
The Ninth General Election: The Hung Parliament
part Two|236 pages
Politics After Rajiv
