19—The Daily Collegian Friday, June 19, 1987 Gandhi defeated in tenth Indian state By SEEMA SIROHI Associated Press Writer NEW DELHI, India Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's Congress Party suffered a crushing election defeat yesterday in the key Hindu state of Haryana, the 10th state it has lost control of since he came to power in 1984. The election was seen as a barometer of the party's appeal in its traditional base the north ern Hindi-speaking Ganges River plain. Haryana is the first state in the so-called Hindi belt that the Congress Party has lost. With results complete in 50 of 87 state assembly races, the Congress Party had won just two seats, losing at least 18 districts where it previously had control. Gandhi's government, in the middle of a five-year term, has been plagued by accusations of corruption. A powerful farmer-based opposition coalition won 41 seats in Wednesday's voting. An analysis on government television projected it could win a two-thirds majority in the state. Five state assembly seats were gained by inde pendent candidates, and one each went to India's Congressman airs censorship grievances By CHRISTOPHER CALLAHAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. A con gressman said yesterday he was shocked to learn that the U.S. go vernment censors what it shows on the armed forces television station in South Korea, with. bans ranging from news stories critical of the Korean government to "M -A-S-H" reruns. "To allow any government de facto control over any political op position voices being heard by American servicemen is beyond credence or explanation," said Rep. Chester Atkins, D-Mass. Atkins, a member of the House Foreign 'Affairs subcommittee on Asian and Pacific affairs, urged the , ' N Pd , PIZZERIA . G" -VE ull,..Arp ' - ...5' , 4 rt 2 Large Pizzas with any Pa Pack , 2 Tc)ppings for $12,99 Y (Whole Wheat Pizzas and Siomboli) Free Delivery 234-8007 128 E. 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Haryana, a state of more than 13 million people nestled strategically between the Indian capital and Sikh-dominated Punjab state, is part of the densely populated heartland whose vote deter mines who will rule India. Analysts attributed the opposition sweep to the hard-driving campaign by Devi Lal, the 73-yev old opposition leader who stressed allegations of corruption in Gandhi's administration. Opposition parties issued statements yesterday demanding Gandhi's resignation, saying he had lost the confidence of the people. But the Congress Party still holds more than 400 of the 544 seats in the ruling lower house in the national Parliament. Besides corruption, the Punjab crisis and rural administration to immediately drop the policy. Rep. Stephen J. Solarz, D-N.Y., chairman of the panel, called the policy "utterly unaccep table" and vowed to hold separate hearings on the issue. Atkins' comments came after a subcommittee hearing during which adminstration officials sub mitted a report by Gaston Sigur, assistant secretary of state for east Asian and Pacific affairs, outlining the government's policy. Sigur said that in Japan and some other countries, the Armed Forces Television and Radio Service must use cable. But in South Korea, where troops are in isolated areas and laying cable lines would be prohibitively expensive, the United States has its own broadcast fre- WE TAKE SUMMER SERIOUSLY AT TILE SURF CU, ;idAy: PIZZA PANdEMONiUM 4-7 25c/slicE lOTER SATURDAY: • A 16" PIE spEcitd. 4-8 ,y HOURS 8-10: DRAFTS 50 4 OZ. Bud PiTChERS $2.50 IZEN DRiNkS IN A !Mg $1.25 'KBITE SHOOTER 75' Til 12 VAC' , all quencies that can be picked up by the Korean public. "Our ability to broadcast over - the airways in Korea is a privilege, not a right," Sigur wrote. 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More than 400 people have been killed this year in neighboring Punjab in attacks blamed on Sikh radicals seeking an independent nation. Many of the victims were Hindus. Eight people were wounded in shootings by political activists during Wednesday's balloting. Police arrested eight campaigners on charges of rioting. The 42-year-old prime minister's popularity was established with the largest Congress victory in national elections in 1984, after he had taken power with the assassination of his mother, Prime Min ister Indira Gandhi. But his image has lately suffered. Allegations of corruption in his administration include charges that a man close to Gandhi re ceived $39 million in commissions in a $1.7 billion Swedish gun deal. . Gandhi also suffered a setback after cam paigning heavily in March in three state elections, two of which his party lost. 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