The first study of CPI’s role in supporting the Indira Gandhi government during the Indian Emergency of 1975 India, June 1975. Fundamental rights are suspended. The Opposition is in jail. The Press is shut down. And Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has just declared Emergency. Only one political party supports Indira Gandhi’s action—the Communist Party of India (CPI). Why did the CPI take up this lonely and much-criticised stand? Were there any ...
