Congress (R) under Indira Gandhi had an issue an agenda and a positive slogan which was lacked by its opponents.
The ‘Grand Alliance’ had only one common programme ‘Indira Hatao’:
1. In contrast to this, Indira Gandhi put forward a positive slogan ‘Garibi Hatoa’.
2. By this, she generated a support base among poor, minorities, landlord laborers, Dalits, women and unemployed bye youth.
3. Except it, she focused on the growth of the public sector, the imposition of ceiling on rural land holdings and urban property, removal of disparity etc.
4. Thus, the slogan of Garibi Hatao and programmes became the part of Indira Gandhi’s political strategy of building an independent nationwide political support base during the electoral contest of 1971.
