Date: 03/06/2022
MALICIOUS ARROGANT AND AUTOCRATIC MAIMUNA BEGUM (aka Indira Gandhi) PRIME MINISTER OF SUBMISSIVE HINDUSTHAN (Partitioned Indian Secular State)
On the anniversary of her mercenary Indian army's attack on Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar in June 1984.
During the parliamentary elections of 1971, Indira Gandhi had defeated Raj Narain from Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh) constituency. He filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court accusing Indira Gandhi of electoral malpractices. On June 12, 1975, Justice Sinha found Indira Gandhi guilty and declared her election null and void. He also barred her from contesting elections for next six years. She refused to concede. On June 25, 1975 Indira Gandhi the Prime Minister of India declared a state of emergency as her leadership position was at stake. A strong political opposition put her in a vulnerable position and in order to consolidate power she made a radical move by usurping all powers to control a country which she claimed was allegedly being destabilized by various unseen forces of the time.
During that period the country was in turmoil which included protests and civil disobedience which were all put down with brute force. Most of Gandhi’s political opponents were imprisoned at will, the press was censored and there were widespread violations of human rights.
According to Shah Commission, nearly 111,000 people were arrested under detention laws. Torture and custodial deaths also occurred during Emergency. The Constitution was amended in an autocratic manner, especially the 42nd amendment. Another amendment was made declaring that elections of Prime Minister, President and Vice-President could not be challenged in the Court. The government restricted all the fundamental rights of the citizens during that era.
The fear of arrest, detention and torture was rampant and dissent was minimized across India. The only people to continuously challenge Indira Gandhi’s illegal authority through mass peaceful protests were the Sikhs of Punjab starting on July 9, 1975. Over 100,000 protested and more than 50,000 courted peaceful arrest till the jails were overflowing.
Finally, Indira Gandhi’s government decided to hold elections and after 21 months in March 1977. All leaders and activists were released from jails. Opposition had very little time but it quickly formed a new party called the Janata Party. The majority of the people voted against Gandhi and the Janata Party won hands down. The opposition coalition lasted for less than four years.
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