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Indira Gandhi had emerged as a towering leader with tremendous popularity. This was also the period when party competition became bitter and polarised. This period also witnessed tensions in the relationship between the government and the judiciary. The Supreme Court found many initiatives of the government to be violative of the Constitution. On 12th June 1975, Justice Jagmohanalal Sinha of the Allahabad High Court passed a judgment declaring Indira Gandhi election to the Lok Sabha invalid. This order came on an election petition filed by Raj Narain, a socialist leader and a candidate who had contested against her in 1971. The petition, challenged the election of Indira Gandhi on the ground that she had used the services of government servants in her election campaign. The stage was now set for a big political confrontation. The opposition political parties led by Jaya Prakash Narayan pressed for Indira Gandhi resignation and organised a massive demonstration in Delhi?s Ramlila ground on 25th June 1975. Jaya Prakash announced a nationwide Satyagraha for her resignation and aksed me army, the police and government employees not to obey ?illegal and immoral orders?. This too threatened to bring the activities of the government to a standstill. The political mood of the country had turned against the Congress, more than even before. The response of the government was to declare a state of emergency.
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