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— dd Grnto ooest-s Prime Minister Gandhi and } _ Madhya Pradesh Chief Minis- . student unrest fs mainly the ‘result of lack of rapport be: tween young peopte and thase ‘In authority. Minister Porte’s, chief job will. be to build the ‘ much-needed bridge of under- 1:7. ALL matters concernitig stu- . ‘ geats will be referred to _ Porte. For instance, be will _ have a say In such things as -.. examination reform, hostel fa- .. Glities and the cost af;text- oe The Importast ppint, “as many - observers . -have _ stressed, is that a tradition. bound country like. India where young people are only -. .expected to obey the old is _trying to invest students with enormous political and admin .. Jedging by the jubilation | with which students have — greeted Porte's appointment, it is clear they think they have wrested a major conces- _ sion from the. government. Other Indian states may fol- low the Madhya Pradesh ex- periment. Kerala in the far south may be the next. The Communist-led coalition gov- ernment there is having 2 hard time trying to manage _ Some student leaders, par- ticularly those with leftist feanings, think that even if students are appointed to cab- inets they will have little. real .political power. As one of them .put it: ‘Old men in India will never listen to the -young. They are basically ty- rants. Porte’s appointment is only a make-believe.” A m7 . “ ed eek on aly Le ie cad] JayIYR JO PszSzSuod APEOSH-~ BR te eee