First grandmother Indira, now grandson Rahul… After 48 years, the second biggest blow to the Gandhi family was the decision of the court.
Justice Jagmohan Sinha of the Allahabad High Court had given the verdict, ‘Indira Gandhi has been found guilty of rigging in the elections held in Rae Bareli. His election is cancelled.
Rahul Gandhi Parliament Membership: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala has received a jolt from the speaker after the Surat court in Gujarat. Rahul Gandhi’s membership of Parliament was canceled on Friday after he was sentenced to two years on Thursday in a criminal defamation case regarding the Modi Surname Remark. A notification in this regard has been issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat. After the cancellation of Rahul Gandhi’s membership of Parliament, political experts have also recalled the case of cancellation of his grandmother Indira Gandhi’s election.
Allahabad High Court had canceled the election of Indira Gandhi
About 48 years ago, on the morning of June 12, 1975, in court room number 24 of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Jagmohan Sinha, while giving a historic verdict, said, ‘Indira Gandhi has been found guilty of rigging the elections held in Rae Bareli. His election is cancelled. After Justice Sinha’s decision, Indira Gandhi was disqualified from contesting elections for the next 6 years under the Representation of the People Act. According to the decision of the High Court, Indira Gandhi had misused government machinery and resources during the elections. That’s why his election as MP was considered illegal. The court had given three weeks’ time to the Congress party to make a ‘new system’ as an immediate relief.
Country’s politics took a dangerous turn
Congress candidate Indira Gandhi’s rival in Rae Bareilly Lok Sabha seat and Samyukta Socialist Party candidate Rajnarayan challenged her victory by more than one lakh votes in the Allahabad High Court. The court had also asked the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to be present herself to record her statement. This trial, popularly known as ‘Indira Gandhi vs Rajnarayan’, is read as a case study. After the verdict in this case, the politics of the country had taken a new and dangerous turn.
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Indira Gandhi had to be present in the High Court
Famous lawyer Shanti Bhushan, who argued on behalf of Rajnarayan, had told a magazine that on March 18, 1975, Indira Gandhi had to answer questions related to her election in the court for about 5 hours. Justice Sinha acquitted Indira Gandhi on 5 of the seven charges leveled against her in Rajnarayan’s petition, but found her guilty on 2 counts. Senior journalist Kuldeep Nayyar has mentioned in one of his books that after 11 days on 23 June 1975, Indira Gandhi challenged this decision in the Supreme Court.
