India waited expectantly last week for the address to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. "Some 18 months ago," she said, "our beloved country was on the brink of disaster. Violence was openly preached, workers were exhorted not to work, students not to study and government servants to break their oath. National paralysis was propagated in the name of revolution. The government had to act and did act." She spoke on, defending once again the virtual dictatorship under which her Congress Party had quashed all political opposition, imprisoned dissidents, gagged the...
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