Question

Answer the following question.
What Were the Main Features of the Emergency Declared on 25th June 1975?

Answer 1

The main features of the Emergency declared on 25th June 1975 are as follows :

1. Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency on 25th June 1975 to safeguard her own position.
2. JP and many opposition leaders, such as Kriplani, Morarji Desai, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lai Krishna Advani were arrested. Members in her own party who opposed her were also arrested. Opposition party organizations, such as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha (RSS) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) were banned and leaders were
3. arrested. JP was detained at Chandigarh. In Tamil Nadu, the M.K. Karunanidhi government was dissolved and his son M.K.
4. Stalin was arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act.
5. Only the Communist Party of India (CPI) supported the Emergency.
6. Press was censored. Several other atrocities, such as forced mass-sterilization was carried out by Sanjay Gandhi, Indira Gandhi’s son. The administration’ used police forces across the country to detain large mass of protestors and demonstrators
7. People were detained by police without charge or notification of families. According to Amnesty International, 1,40,000 people had been arrested without trial during twenty months of Indira Gandhi’s Emergency. Detainees and political prisoners were abused and tortured. Public and private media institutions were used for government propaganda.