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Congress party election in the early 90s. November 1989 was known as the era when blood became cheaper than water. L.k Advani, Atal Bihar Atal Bihari Vajpayee of BJP can be seen in the clip. A new hope was born for many Indians through Rajiv Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi also formed Panchayati Raj, Jawahar Yojana, and Indira Mahila Yojana. Ajit Singh and the Mandal Commission period also feature here. Rajiv had squandered a chance as PM to deliver but yet he was Congress's biggest hope till his death. Rajiv had led the government with the most brute majority in parliament (415, something PM Narendra Modi would like to break these days) but yet he could not deliver on the expectations and only ended up in the Bofors quagmire in five years' time. As Jawaharlal Nehru's grandson and Indira Gandhi's so
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