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    "ocrText": "IDENTIAL\n2\nINF ORMATION\nThe Communists: Of the many opposition parties participating in\nthe elections, the Communists and their allies made the most impressive\nshowing. By playing on local grievances and shrewdly concentrating its\nefforts in areas where its strength was greatest vis-a-vis the Congress\nParty, the Communist \"united front\" succeeded in establishing itself as\nthe largest organized opposition in the national Parliament and in four\nstate legislatures. It won a near-majority of assembly seats in Travan-\ncore-Cochin, large minorities in both Hyderabad and Madras, and made a\nsufficient showing in West Bengal to become the principal opposition in\nthat state. Although the CPI is now posing as a constitutional party,\nit openly admits its desire to abolish the Indian constitution and to\nreplace the present form of government with a \"people's democracy.'\nEven though its strength is still small compared with that of the Congress\nParty, the emergence of the CPI from the elections as the leading\nopposition group is an ominous development and constitutes an obvious\nthreat to India's political stability.\nThe Socialists and Other Parties: There was some speculation\nbefore the elections that the Socialist Party might emerge as a signifi-\ncant moderate opposition to the Congress. Although the Socialists did\nwin the second highest popular vote, this vote was so scattered that\nthe party failed to win a proportionate number of legislative seats.\nThe KMPP, a Congress splinter group, made very weak showings in all but\ntwo states. The Rightist parties, which Nehru denounced as a major\npolitical threat during his campaign, made a poor showing, winning\nvictories only in Rajasthan, PEPSU, and Orissa. The limited development\nof the party system in India was demonstrated when independent candidates,\nfor the most part local residents campaigning on local issues, received\nover 16,000,000 votes, the largest segment of votes other than that\nreceived by the Congress Party.\n30\n\") 600 now\nEEB it to 30\nsul 30 ei 1200 01 sula 30\nadd ad as eub undros\n30 812 od es sud 20\n03 () eda\nect) al dotrive dines auda 9000\n03 od (s) has ad\ndatrodriza sold to au\nou the and az euld\nsupt 01 bussa avesta\nsonta asd ed Conzedal\nCONF IDENTIAL\nSECURTRY INPORMATION\n30 de al *\ndeiv\n63"
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