▁lead ▁the ▁party , ▁Red dy ▁rel in qu ished ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁business ▁interests . ▁Another ▁important ▁party ▁member ▁was ▁Pat ▁Po oval ing am , ▁the ▁chairman ▁of ▁week ly ▁newspaper ▁" The ▁Graph ic ". ▁Sol id ar ity ▁appe aled ▁more ▁to ▁South ▁Afr icans ▁with ▁Southern ▁Indian ▁roots , ▁while ▁Am ich and ▁Raj b ans i ' s ▁National ▁People ' s ▁Party ▁appe aled ▁more ▁to ▁those ▁with ▁a ▁North ▁Indian ▁her itage . ▁ ▁The ▁election ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁was ▁marked ▁by ▁boy cot ts , ▁as ▁many ▁Col oured ▁and ▁Indian ▁South ▁Afr icans ▁saw ▁the ▁tr ic amer al ▁system ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁to ▁ent rench ▁A part heid . ▁This ▁resistance ▁was ▁led ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁Democratic ▁Front . ▁Despite ▁having ▁been ▁formed ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁year ▁before ▁the ▁election , ▁Sol id ar ity ▁cont ested ▁all ▁ 4 0 ▁constitu encies ▁in ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁De leg ates . ▁The ▁party ▁campaign ed ▁on ▁a ▁platform ▁of ▁repe aling ▁disc rimin atory ▁legisl ation ▁in ▁the ▁economic ▁field p . 5 9 ▁and ▁" pe ace ful ▁change ▁towards ▁a ▁just ▁and ▁dem ocr atic ▁society ▁with ▁saf egu ards ▁for ▁minor ities ". ▁▁ ▁There ▁were ▁suggestions ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁that ▁Sol id ar ity ▁was ▁somehow ▁initi ated ▁by ▁the ▁government , ▁as ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁P . ▁W . ▁Both a ▁preferred ▁Dr . ▁Red dy ▁to ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁People ' s