an editorial article<\/a> in the Times of India<\/i> today, justifying Indira Gandhi’s centralization of power in the 1960s, you ask: “How would Indian politics – indeed, the Indian nation – look like today, if say, Morarjibhai or Nijalingappa had become prime ministers in the late-1960s?”<\/p>\nAllow me present to you a list of some of Indira’s achievements. 1969: Nationalization of banks. 1976: Foreign Exchange Regulation Act. 1976: Urban Land Ceiling Act. 1976 and 1982: amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act. 1975: The Emergency. And so on.<\/p>\n
Mr Barman, surely you’re aware of the massive cost that these measures inflicted on our poor country. If so, let me ask you just one question: How on earth could anyone<\/i> have been worse?<\/p>\n
Regards<\/p>\n
Amit Varma<\/p>\n
* * *<\/p>\n
PS<\/b>: The Nehru-Gandhi Legacy of Shame<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,41,4,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDear Abheek Barman - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/open-letter-to-abheek-barman-re-indira-gandhi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dear Abheek Barman - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear Abheek Barman In an editorial article in the Times of India today, justifying Indira Gandhi’s centralization of power in the 1960s, you ask: “How would Indian politics - indeed, the Indian nation - look like today, if say, Morarjibhai or Nijalingappa had become prime ministers in the late-1960s?” Allow me present to you a list of some of Indira’s achievements. 1969: Nationalization of banks. 1976: Foreign Exchange Regulation Act. 1976: Urban Land Ceiling Act. 1976 and 1982: amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act. 1975: The Emergency. 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