Date:1976 August 11, 10:24 (Wednesday) Canonical ID:1976NEWDE17762_b
Original Classification:LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Current Classification:UNCLASSIFIED
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TAGS:IN - India | PINT - Political Affairs--Internal Political Affairs | SWAMY, SUBRAMANIAM Concepts:EXPULSION | LEGISLATORS | OPPOSITION PARTIES | UPPER HOUSE
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Office Action:ACTION NEA Archive Status:Electronic Telegrams
From:India New Delhi Markings:Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006
To:Department of State | India Chennai | India Kolkata | India Mumbai
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JANA SANGH MP SUBRAMANIAM SWAMY RETURNED UNNOTICED INTO
INFIA FROM HIS EXTENDED TRAVELS IN THE US AND UK AND
MADE AN APPEARANCE IN PARLIAMENT ON OPENING DAY, AUGUST
10, THUS FOILING THE GOVT'S PLANS TO HAVE HIM OUSTED FROM
PARLIAMENT FOR BEING ABSENT FOR 60 DAYS OF PARLIAMENTARY
SESSION. IN A SCARLET PIMPERNEL PERFORMANCE, SWAMY
SLIPPED INTO THE RAJY A SABHA, RAISED A POINT OF ORDER
(AGAINST THE CHAIRMAN FOR ANNOUNCING HE WAS ABENT*),
THEREBY INSERTING HIS NAME AND PRESENCE INTO THE FORMAL
RECORD, AND BREAKING HIS ABSENCE BEFORE THE CRITICAL 60
DAYS WERE UP. AS SOON AS THIS WAS DONE, HE ONCE AGAIN
SLIPPED OUT OF THE HALL AND VANISHED INTO THE DELHI
STREETS. MINSTATE FOR HOME AFFAIRS OM MEHTA AND OTHER
CONGRESS MPS SAT STUNNED AT SWAMY'S AUDACITY AND ONLY
THOUGHT TO RAISE A HUE AND CRY FOR THE "WATCH AND WARD"
STAFF TO APPREHEND HIM AFTER HE HAD LEFT THE BUILDING.
BOTH MANY CONGRESS AND OPPOSITION MPS APPEAR TO BE
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ENORMOUSLY ENJOYING THE DISCOMFORTURE OF THE SECURITY
STAFFS OF THE PARLIAMENT AND THE GOI. WE UNDERSTAND
INTENSIVE EFFORTS ARE NOW BEING MADE TO TRACK SWAMY
DOWN AND ARREST HIM FOR HIS VARIOUS SPEECHES AND ACTI-
VITIES OUT OF INDIA IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND WITHIN
INDIA BEFORE THAT.
SAXBE
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