What was cause of tension between the executive and the judiciary in 1973.
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Nineteen sixty-seven was a landmark year in the political history of the country. Reflecting after almost 60 years, a chain of events unfolds which had a strong impact on the politics of the years after. Elections to the fourth Lok Sabha were held in the aftermath of the 1966 devaluation of the rupee, and perhaps, when the food crisis was at its worst.
The benefits of the green revolution were nowhere in sight as they would accrue only after 1969. The level of general dissatisfaction was manifest in the fact that the ruling Congress lost 70 seats in the Lok Sabha and at 283, came perilously close to the half-way mark. The gainer was Swatantra party, dominated by erstwhile rulers, and under the influence of the right wing. With almost 50 seats it ended up as the second largest party in Parliament.
Simultaneously Congress also lost power in seven States where it faced governments formed by opposition and fragile coalitions. This led to a power struggle within the party with the organisational wing trying to assert itself. In 1966 while promoting Mrs Indira Gandhi to the leadership, they had thought it to be only a stop gap arrangement, but things had changed. For the first time an election took place for the post of the CPP leader and though Mrs Gandhi won, Morarji Desai, the candidate of the organisational wing managed to get the support of 169 MPs.