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A news report on Indian National Congress party (INC). P. V. Narasimha Rao speaks about the 1989 parliament's order about Panchayat Vidhayak and Nagar Palika Vidhayak parliament. Farooq Abdullah says INC will bring unity and solve Babri Masjid dispute and remove poverty in India. 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 son, the charismatic leader became the youngest prime minister of India at the age of 40 and was seen a major hope for