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A Strange New World - Road was clear for Indira Gandhi, nothing could stop her and there seemed no opposition to her regime, 'The New York Times' marvelled at how the JP movement had just melted away
| Satyaagrah | Coomi Kapoor
Sanjay Gandhi's five-point programme came out that were controversial, focused on family planning, tree plantation, slum clearance, abolition of dowry and eradication of illiteracy. Sanjay demonstrated quite early that he took his pet projects seriously, especially family planning and slum clearance
The Emergency: JP recited Dinkar evocative poem, ‘Singhasan khaali karo, ke Janata Aati hai’, Harvard-returned Subramanian Swamy and member of Rajya Sabha presciently speculated, ‘What if Mrs. Gandhi introduced martial law’
| Satyaagrah | Coomi Kapoor
Biju Patnaik, BLD leader from Orissa, who had once been close to the Nehru – Gandhi family, was also apprehensive about Indira Gandhi’s reaction. He had warned, ‘I know Indira Gandhi well. You must give her an exit route; if you completely corner her then in panic she may overreact’