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Article: India's government defeated, Sonia Gandhi possible new prime minister
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- May 13, 2004
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BETH DUFF-BROWN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-13-2004
Dateline: NEW DELHI
The ruling Hindu nationalist party conceded defeat Thursday, opening the way for Sonia Gandhi to become India's first foreign-born leader and restore her family's dynasty to power in a dramatic election upset in the world's largest democracy.
Unofficial results indicated that millions of rural poor people abandoned Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, believing they had been left behind by the country's economic boom and rejecting his Hindus-first message in favor of the secularism of Gandhi's Congress party.
Vajpayee was expected to resign later Thursday. His decision to call the election six months early ...