Question
How did Janata Party make the 1977 elections into a referendum on the Emergency imposed in 1975 ? Explain.
Solution
Janta party had sucessfuly turned the 1977 elections into referendum-
i. As all the opposition parties joined hands against Congress and urged the people to choose any one out of two.
ii. Janta party advocated the cause of democracy and called the period of emergency as the absence of democracy.
iii. JP Narayan became the icon of the opposition and also a symbol for democracy.
iv. Janta party has asked the voters to choose between democracy and dictatorship that was experienced during emergency.
