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1977 Elections & the End of Emergency

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The incidents happened during the emergency created a negative opinion about the Congress Party in the public's eyes.
Identify those incidents.

A

Censorship of the press

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B

Arrests of thousands of people

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Lok Sabha Elections in 1976

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Violation of fundamental rights

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The correct options are
A Censorship of the press
B Arrests of thousands of people
D Violation of fundamental rights
Various incidents during the Emergency, such as the arrests of thousands of people, censorship of the press and violation of fundamental rights, created a negative opinion about the Congress Party in the public's eyes. The non-democratic rule of Congress gave an edge to the Janata Party; it started campaigns focussing on these issues.

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