Post Coup Politics
Following two military coups in 1987, she was one of the few Indo-Fijians who agreed to serve (as Minister of Indian Affairs) in the transitional government of 1987-1992, a government that was widely condemned by many of her fellow Indo-Fijians for promulgating a constitution that many of them saw as racist as it ensured ethnic Fijian political supremacy. She served as a Senator from 1994 to 1999, and in 1985 co-founded the Fiji Indian Congress. Although not a Christian herself, she played a leading role in the founding of the Christian Democratic Alliance in 1999.
Early in 2005, Narayen joined the National Alliance Party, a new party founded by Ratu Epeli Ganilau as an attempt to revive the defunct Alliance Party. She participated in the official launch of the party on 8 April 2005.
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