In order to gain control of the government Mrs Bandaranaike had to form a coalition with a Trotskyite socialist party and that is how these policies which were characterized as practical socialism became part of her administrations program

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In order to gain control of the government Mrs. Bandaranaike had to form a coalition with a Trotskyite socialist party and that is how these policies, which were characterized as "practical socialism", became part of her administration's program.