took PV a full two years to secure a majority in Parliament. In July 1993 his government won a vote of confidence in Parliament and further consolidated its position. This enabled him to complete his full term in office. No other prime minister from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family had done so until then. Not Morarji Desai from Gujarat, not Charan Singh or V. P. Singh from UP, not Chandra Shekhar from Bihar. As
