The basic election was dreadful for the Indian National Congress in 1977. It resulted in a heavy defeat for the Congress, with the incumbent Prime Minister and INC(R) get together chief Indira Gandhi shedding her seat in Rae Bareli, whereas her son Sanjay misplaced his seat in Amethi.
Among many elements which resulted in Congress’ catastrophe, the household planning program which was one of many main initiatives of the Indira Gandhi authorities in the course of the Emergency, labored because the final nail in the coffin. Sanjay Gandhi had put a situation of sterilisation of two folks each month to hitch the Youth Congress. There was anger among the many folks on account of compelled sterilisation. The get together needed to pay the price for this in the final elections held in 1977. Congress was sure to lose.
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According to the information printed by Amar Ujala on March 29, 1976, Sanjay Gandhi mentioned on the Youth Congress rally in Lucknow that for each particular person beneath 37 years of age the doorways are open for Youth Congress. There is just one situation for this they must bear sterilisation. Atleast two males each month. Sanjay Gandhi accused the Jan Sangh and the events that fashioned an electoral alliance in 1971 of being fascists.
In the rally, the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Narayan Dutt Tiwari praised Sanjay Gandhi and his packages. He described Sanjay as a youth who modified historical past. This boosted the morale of Sanjay Gandhi, but it surely despatched a mistaken message to the general public.
