From Indirais 6pro-Hindu, turn to Modi's 6new phase,

Rae's ultimate non-decision According to the author, Rao inherited "a very difficult situation" when he took over as PM after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.

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"The country Was aflame With passions over 6Mandal, and *Mandir,. Jammu & Kashmir Was burning, and so was Punjab," she notes. Moreover, the government Was on the verge of an economic collapse. Within a year, Rao "stabilised the economy, and calmed the political temperatures". However, his failure to handle "issues of caste and religion" was his undoing. "A year into his term, the Sangh BJP combine upped the ante on building a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Rao tried to buy time through various means. But he shied away from dis-missing the Kalyan Singh government in Uttar Pradesh, Which was openly working for a Mandir in Ayodhya," she notes.