Question
What reasons did the Government give for declaring a National Emergency in 1975 ?
Solution
The reasons offered were:
(i) The Government argued that in a democracy, the opposition parties must allow the elected ruling party to govern according to its policies. It felt that the frequent recourse to agitations, protests and collective action are not good for democracy.
(i) The Government argued that in a democracy, the opposition parties must allow the elected ruling party to govern according to its policies. It felt that the frequent recourse to agitations, protests and collective action are not good for democracy.
(ii) Supporters of Indira Gandhi held that in a democracy, opposition cannot continuously have extra-parliamentary politics targeting the government because this leads to instability and distracts the administration from its routine task of ensuring development.
(iii) Indira Gandhi wrote in a letter to Shah Commission that subversive forces were trying to obstruct the progressive programmers of the government and were attempting to dislodge her through extra-constitutional means.
