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Reddy justified his move on the basis that it was the only way to bring in a government with a popular mandate. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had already informed him that she would not support Ram, and without the backing of her 71-member Congress Party branch, Ram would not have been able to form a government. Rarely before had India's parliamentary system been in such disarray...
...emergence of Indira Gandhi as a pivotal political force marked an astonishing change in political fortunes. Earlier this summer Mrs. Gandhi was still confined to political oblivion, a disgraced leader with no seat in Parliament and still under investigation for alleged illegal acts committed during the emergency rule she imposed in 1975-77 as Prime Minister. After the Janata Party disintegrated last month, and in the absence of any party with a clear-cut majority, her faction, Congress (I) (for Indira), had become essential for the survival of any government. Suddenly Mrs. Gandhi was once again at the commanding heights...
...vigorous campaign she waged to portray herself as a defenseless woman persecuted by a vengeful government bent on destroying her and her son Sanjay, even at the expense of ignoring India's monumental problems. As both Charan Singh and his predecessor, Morarji Desai, had been imprisoned by Mrs. Gandhi, there was perhaps some truth in her charge, though there is ample evidence of her government's misdeeds. She has conceded that there were excesses during her Emergency, but she has stubbornly refused to apologize for her stringent measures in a time of crisis, an act of political...
...political tactician, Mrs. Gandhi outwitted, outfought and outcornered the opposition. With no current seat of her own in Parliament, she directed the Congress (I) from her home or from party offices. Having first backed Charan Singh in July in order to force the resignation of Desai, she then deserted Charan Singh to force his resignation less than a month later. Ram, who has been in every Cabinet since independence, stood by Mrs. Gandhi throughout the Emergency, but deserted her at the last moment to help the Janata Party win the 1977 election. Last week she took her revenge by denying...
Less than three years after she had been swept from office by an Indian public outraged by the Emergency and the heavyhanded execution of the sterilization policy promoted by her son Sanjay, Mrs. Gandhi could once more be the "daughter of the nation," successor to her father Jawaharlal Nehru and head of the political dynasty that has helped shape India's destiny for more than 50 years...