III. Imposition of Emergency

♤ Due to the Allahabad HC's judgement and later S.C.'s opinion and just partial stay on earlier's order, all the political parties under leadership of Jayaprakash Narayan, demanded her resignation on moral grounds. But Indira Gandhi resisted such demands and in response government declared a state of emergency on June 26, 1975 on the grounds of threat of internal disturbances, invoked article 352 of constitution. Once an emergency is proclaimed, the federal distribution of powers remains suspended and all the powers gets concentrated in Union government. Even the Fundamental rights get curtailed during such period. The declaration of emergency was followed by censorship of the press and arrest of opposition leaders