No, the government misused its ‘Emergency Power’. The government said that it wanted to use the Emergency to bring law and order into society, to restore efficiency in administration and to implement the pro-poor welfare programmes. But mass movements have been part of Indian politics since the independence movement and there had been no major reports of violence by the J.P. movement. Efficiency and welfare programmes can be implemented without the need for an Emergency. Any extra-constitutional efforts to dislodge Indira Gandhi could have been confronted with constitutional measures such as through judiciary.
