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Amethi electorate reticent
Bharati Bhargava and Jawid Laiq report on the electoral mood preceding the 1977 election. It reports some resentment against the incumbent government but does not anticipate a Congress defeat in a constituency that has voted Congress since 1952
Sanjay joins shramdan
Sanjay Gandhi participates in a 'Shramdan' camp at Amethi with the Youth Congress. He is accompanied by Ambika Soni. He also plants saplings and exhorts those present to adopt family planning.
Long haul ahead
An editorial in the Mainstream remarks on the lack of direction in the Youth Congress after Indira's death.
Death of a high flier
The Far Eastern Economic Review traces Sanjay Gandhi's political career
Sanjay sought 2 lakh for YC, says witness
A report on the deposition of one Avinash Chand who filed a criminal conspiracy case against Sanjay Gandhi and ND Tiwari alleging that he had demanded 2 lakh as donation for the Youth Congress
Sanjay gives youth a five-point programme
A report on Sanjay Gandhi addressing the Youth Congress exhorting to adopt the five point programme.
The Emergency was advised by Sanjay
The Indian Express reports on an article in the Sunday Telegraph assessing the role of Sanjay Gandhi in Indian politics and the Emergency in particular.
Anything that will help poor
A 1976 interview with Sanjay Gandhi in Blitz. The piece deifies Sanjay Gandhi as a political visionary and praises the measures taken under the emergency.