Bilal Baloch on Indira Gandhi, India's Emergency, and the Importance of Ideas in Politics
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The Ideological Divide in the Congress Party
In the lead up to 19 69, missus gandey had been installed as an interim leader of the congress party. There was not just a generational gap between them and the top brass of the political party but there was an ideology adivergence too. And so that came to a head in 19 69 with missus gardee's faction breaking away from the more traditional wing of the Congress party. It happened exactly around the decision to nationalize the banks,. The 14 major private banks in india. This is an example of how ideological divisions can also manifest and lead to concrete political vehicles being borne. Remember, this is only a sort of, you know, 25, 24 years after
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