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16. 1980- lo A The development of politics in Tamil nadu- Indira & R. Venkitaramanan

Updated: Mar 7, 2024


1977 Indian General Election - Parliament-7

INDIRA won the election in 1980.


Indira Gandhi tried some reformation in Indian politics in the department of core administrative value and Indian foreign policies. She laid her best foundation for the strong administrative rule. In her time the constitution laws were cross checked effectively.


Janata party is the opposition party Charan singh at lead


Indira Gandhi had core critics and good acclaims later.


The 1980 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. INC (Indira) allied with DMK won 37/39 seats.


Grounds

Since Gandhi had lost her seat in the election, the defeated Congress party appointed Yashwantrao Chavan as their parliamentary party leader.

IndiraGandhi floating her own Congress faction.


Choudhary Charan Singh, ordered her arrest along with Sanjay Gandhi .


These allegations and immense persistent pressure included that she "had planned or thought of killing all opposition leaders in jail during the Emergency".


The Janata coalition was only united by its hatred of Indira Gandhi (or "that woman" as some called her). The party included right wing Hindu Nationalists, Socialists and former Congress party members.


In 1979, the government began to unravel over the issue of the dual loyalties of some members to Janata and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)


The ambitious Union finance minister, Charan Singh, ordered Gandhi's' arrests, After a significant exodus from the party to Singh's faction, Desai resigned in July 1979.


Singh was appointed prime minister, by President Reddy, after Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi promised Singh that Congress would support his government from outside on certain conditions. The conditions included dropping all charges against Gandhi and Sanjay. Since Singh refused to drop them, Congress withdrew its support and President Reddy dissolved Parliament in August 1979.


Before the 1980 elections Gandhi approached the then Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Syed Abdullah Bukhari and entered into an agreement with him on the basis of 10-point programme to secure the support of the Muslim votes. In the elections held in January, Congress returned to power with a landslide majority.


1980 elections and fourth term

Gandhi swept back into power in January 1980. Medak constituency. On 23 June,.

By the time of Sanjay's death, Gandhi trusted persuaded her reluctant son, Rajiv, to enter politics.

Her PMO office staff included H.Y.Sharada Prasad as her information adviser and speechwriter.

R. Venkataraman INC Madras South became the Ministry of Finance through Rajya sabha.


Sri Venkitaramanan


  1. Eighteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

  2. Finance Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, from 1985 to 1989.

  3. Venkitaramanan was born in Nagercoil

  4. master's degree in Physics from University College Thiruvananthapuram

  5. master's degree in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.


  6. Member of the Indian Administrative Service.

  7. Finance Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India from 1985 to 1989. He solved the crisis of balance of payments

  8. While he was RBI Governor, the infamous Harshad Mehta scam was exposed by Sucheta Dala

  9. The Chairman of Ashok Leyland Investment Services Ltd.

  10. Piramal Healthcare Ltd, Tamil Nadu Water Investment Co. Ltd and Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.



Venkitaramanan has published three books,


Indian Economy: Reviews And Commentaries - Vol I, I

ndian Economy: Reviews And Commentaries - Vol II,

Indian Economy: Reviews And Commentaries - Vol III.




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