Extra-Parliamentary Opposition in India
An Analysis of Populist Agitations in Gujarat and Bihar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2879718 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Wood (0000-0003-0570-7075, University of British Columbia, corresponding author), John R Wood (0000-0002-0270-6328) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 313 |
| Publication date | 1975-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2756412 |
| OpenAlex | W2314052101 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Nad O POLITICAL PHENOMENON in India during I974 generated as much debate among political observers as the outbreak of people's in the states of Gujarat and Bihar.* Viewed variously as threats to parliamentary democracy and as positive responses to governmental drift and corruption, both agitations resulted in extraordinary levels of street violence and governmental repression. The agitation in Gujarat, culminating in January-March I974, led to the ouster of a supposedly stable majority government and the dissolution of the state legislative assembly. The subsequent Bihar agitation paralysed state administration, threatened to displace the state assembly, and seemed capable of spreading to other states. For both agitations, an ultimate target was the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Throughout the past year it could be reasonably argued that extra-parliamentary opposition of the Gujarat and Bihar variety was the most meaningful opposition to be faced by Mrs. Gandhi's government since its sensational election victory of i97i. With Mrs. Gandhi's leadership under attack as a result of the Allahabad court verdict of June I 975, her party defeated in the recent Gujarat election, and India ruled by emergency proclamation at the time of writing, it is perhaps premature to attempt a full-scale analysis of changing oppositional patterns in India, but all the more essential that the prelude to contemporary events be explicated. Until the i970's, political opposition in India was free to develop in numerous forms and at a variety of sites-as between constitutional
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2025 (47) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |