▁as ▁the ▁Prime ▁minister . ▁There ▁was ▁no ▁internal ▁str ife ▁as ▁Ko ya ▁and ▁his ▁Parliament ary ▁C au cus ▁spent ▁Sunday , ▁Monday , ▁T ues day ▁and ▁Wed nes day ▁ple ading ▁to ▁R atu ▁Mar a ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁coal ition ▁government ▁and ▁to ▁remain ▁Prime ▁Minister . ▁This ▁" str ife ▁among ▁us " ▁was ▁not ▁evident ▁in ▁those ▁four ▁days . ▁Ko ya ▁had ▁been ▁opposed ▁in ▁the ▁election ▁by ▁R . ▁D . ▁Pat el , ▁brother ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁leader ▁of ▁N FP ▁and ▁had ▁won ▁by ▁a ▁narrow ▁margin . ▁A ▁second ▁election ▁to ▁resolve ▁the ▁imp asse ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁September ▁that ▁year , ▁resulting ▁in ▁a ▁heavy ▁defeat ▁for ▁the ▁N FP ▁after ▁it ▁had ▁split ▁into ▁two ▁fa ctions ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁D ove ▁and ▁F lower ▁fa ctions . ▁Ko ya ▁lost ▁his ▁parliament ary ▁seat ▁to ▁J ai ▁Ram ▁Red dy , ▁who ▁became ▁the ▁new ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁N FP . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁often ▁rum ored ▁that ▁Ko ya ▁had ▁been ▁back stab bed ▁by ▁his ▁own ▁party ▁members ▁who ▁formed ▁the ▁flower ▁fa ction ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁that ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁a ▁mus lim ▁as ▁the ▁Prime ▁Minister . ▁Ko ya ' s ▁D ove ▁fa ction ▁had ▁won ▁only ▁ 3 ▁seats ▁compared ▁to ▁ 1 2 ▁won ▁by ▁the ▁F lower ▁fa ction . ▁ ▁Return ▁to ▁Le ad ership ▁of ▁N FP ▁ ▁The ▁N FP ▁had ▁re - un ited ▁for