From Shastri to Indira Gandhi

After the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri, Congress faced the same problem with their leadership. Now this time the power struggle started between Morarji Desai and Indira Gandhi. Morarji Desai was a senior politician and the serving CM of the Bombay state. Indira Gandhi was new in politics but she was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru and served as Congress president in the past. Some congress politicians started to back Indira Gandhi and Indira Gandhi got support from the 2/3rd of the whole party.

Indira Gandhi faced so many challenges. Some senior leaders who supported them in the past, after some yers started to oppose her due to her behaviour. She was really stubborn and did not want to take any guidance from the old leaders. After becoming the prime minister, Indira Gandhi faced a huge economic crisis which was declining India; ‘s economy. With her leadership, she got so many victories and started to navigate and fight against the problems.

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Challenge of Political Succession is a subpart of the Class 12 Political Science Chapter 5 that is denoted as the power struggle between the Congress government System. The subpart Challenge of Political Succession describes the political context of India after Neheru’s death. The subpart includes and narrates the Context of the power transmission From Nehru to Shastri and From Shastri to Indira Gandhi. It was a crucial time in Indian politics.

In this article, we are going to discuss the Class 12 Political Science Chapter 5 subpart the Challenge of Political Succession in detail.