which constituency does Indira Gandhi participated in karnataka
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CHIKMAGALUR: As the incumbent
Congress
in Karnataka battles a formidable challenge from the Narendra Modi-led
BJP
in Polls 2018, in one corner of Karnataka the magic of Congress icon
Indira Gandhi
still lives on.
Nestling in the luminous green foothills of Karnataka’s Mullayangiri ranges, surrounded by lush coffee plantations is scenic
Chikmagalur
or “little daughter’s town”. This is from where Indira Gandhi, routed in the post-Emergency General Elections of 1977 and thrown out of office, chose to contest again in October 1978, in the historic Chikmagalur by-election. "Give your vote to your little daughter," was one of her slogans.
Today residents of Chikmagalur take great pride in their Indira connection. “There is no political leader today to match Indira Gandhi,” asserts local businessman Rajendra Saklecha who remembers Indira’s 1978 election vividly four decades ago. “Chikamaglur saw Indira Gandhi’s `Maarujanma’ or rebirth.”
The Chikmagalur victory was a turning point for Indira. In November 1978 she returned to parliament within a year of her defeat, defeating her Janata Party rival Veerendra Patil by 70,000 votes . “There was a fever among all of us here in Chikmagalur at that time,” recalls Venkatesh Naidu, a young voter then, now a hotelier in Chikmagalur town, “it was like a festival in which we were all swept up. We all felt that we in Chikmagalur have a duty to send the Prime Minister back to parliament. She had lost but was still our prime minister for us.”
Recalls Stany D’Silva a coffee plantation owner: “As a kid I recall jumping over walls just to get a glimpse of her. The crowds were so huge, people from all walks of life were pouring in from all corners and my mother was worried I would get lost in that huge crowd.”
Congress
in Karnataka battles a formidable challenge from the Narendra Modi-led
BJP
in Polls 2018, in one corner of Karnataka the magic of Congress icon
Indira Gandhi
still lives on.
Nestling in the luminous green foothills of Karnataka’s Mullayangiri ranges, surrounded by lush coffee plantations is scenic
Chikmagalur
or “little daughter’s town”. This is from where Indira Gandhi, routed in the post-Emergency General Elections of 1977 and thrown out of office, chose to contest again in October 1978, in the historic Chikmagalur by-election. "Give your vote to your little daughter," was one of her slogans.
Today residents of Chikmagalur take great pride in their Indira connection. “There is no political leader today to match Indira Gandhi,” asserts local businessman Rajendra Saklecha who remembers Indira’s 1978 election vividly four decades ago. “Chikamaglur saw Indira Gandhi’s `Maarujanma’ or rebirth.”
The Chikmagalur victory was a turning point for Indira. In November 1978 she returned to parliament within a year of her defeat, defeating her Janata Party rival Veerendra Patil by 70,000 votes . “There was a fever among all of us here in Chikmagalur at that time,” recalls Venkatesh Naidu, a young voter then, now a hotelier in Chikmagalur town, “it was like a festival in which we were all swept up. We all felt that we in Chikmagalur have a duty to send the Prime Minister back to parliament. She had lost but was still our prime minister for us.”
Recalls Stany D’Silva a coffee plantation owner: “As a kid I recall jumping over walls just to get a glimpse of her. The crowds were so huge, people from all walks of life were pouring in from all corners and my mother was worried I would get lost in that huge crowd.”
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