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Indira Gandhi restored the
Congress by changing
the nature of the Congress After Nehru's death, Shastri
system itself. was the country's Prime
Minister from 1964 to 1966.

The electoral contest
appeared to be loaded
against Congress (R)

Parties and Party
system in India

 The Congress (R)– CPI alliance
won more seats and votes than Os
the congress had ever won in wa
the first four general elections Fourth General al
 The Congress was not in power Elections, 1967
in almost all the states. After Shastri’s death, Indira CB
Gandhi was the country's SE
Prime minister from 1966 to
The period was fraught 1977 and 1980-84 Ch
with grave economic crisis apt
resulting from successive erw
failure of monsoons, wide- ise
spread droughts decline
in agricultural production, After 1967, general elections
serious food shortage dep- the breakaway, legislations
letion of foreign exchange played an important role in Mind
reserves, drop in industrial installing non-congress
production and exports, government in 3 states . Maps,
combined with a sharp rise Opposition parties In 1967, the fourth general Since no single party
in military expenditure and were in the forefront elections to the Lok Sabha & had got majority, various Po
diversion of resources from of organizing public State assemblies were held. non-congress parties lit
planning and economic protests & pressuring The results jolted the congress came together to form ic
development. the government. at both the national & state joint legislative parties. al
levels.

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