List of Politics Events on April-1997

8- April-1997 Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
11- April-1997 10-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining.
12- April-1997 Maharashtra assembly adopts bill banning interviews for admitting students to pre-primary schools.
17- April-1997 Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
19- April-1997 I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda.
21- April-1997 Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
27- April-1997 CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case.
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