The Biography of Famous Personalities of India will tell you about the controversies, the dark sides of a person that you may have never heard of.
Indira Emerging As A Winner In 1971 Election
Indira Emerging As A Winner In 1971 Election
Indira’s growing popularity and her fearless functioning caused uneasiness among the opposition and they were determined to remove her. All other parties- the business community, right-wing politicians-joined hands with Congress (O). They started questioning her motives and her decisions but Indira did not falter. She possessed the qualities of bravery and fearlessness and these qualities made her a determined person, faced wide criticism but she did what she believed to be right.
Being an observant person, she realised the crisis and understood her weakness. She belonged to minority government which was dependent on the support of Left parties, so she decided to link herself directly to people. She led people to believe that national interest reigned supreme with her and her dictates and fearless actions as the Prime Minister made people sure that she was the only “man” in the cabinet.
She clearly told the people of India that “Congress is very dear to me….because I was born in the Congress. There was no time when my home was not the centre of all the major political movements.”
When she was quite sure that the people were with her, she directed the President to dissolve the Lok Sabha and to announce fresh elections to be held in February, 1971. The opposition fiercely campaigned against Indira and urged people to remove her. She was called ‘dictator” or a “rebel” by opposition. Yet Indira faced these charges with complete calm and “Fear” was a word that had no place in her scheme of things.
She told people that she had an intense feeling for her country and welfare of its people always remained deep down in her mind. She made it clear that to remove poverty would be her priority after winning the elections. The masses were touched by her simplicity and humility and as a result she won the elections by a two-third of majority. Thus Indira Gandhi became more confident, gracious and dynamic after elections.