The correct answer is option (2) - V.V. Giri elected as the President of India
The odd one out in the context of Proclamation of Emergency in 1975 in India is option 2 - V.V. Giri elected as the President of India.
V.V. Giri (1894-1980) held the presidency of India from 1969 to 1974. This was before the emergency was proclaimed and V.V. Giri had no role in the proclamation of the Emergency.
The other options are all related to Emergency:
Option 1- The Allahabad High Court Verdict: On 12 June 1975, Justice Jagmohan Lal Sinha of the Allahabad High Court passed a judgment declaring Indira Gandhi’s election to the Lok Sabha invalid.
Option 3- The Railway strike of 1974: The National Coordination Committee for Railwaymen’s Struggle led by George Fernandes gave a call for a nationwide strike by all employees of the Railways to press their demands related to bonus and service conditions. The government was opposed to these demands. So, the employees of India’s largest public sector undertaking went on a strike in May 1974.
Option 4- The Call for Total Revolution: In March 1974 students came together in Bihar to protest against rising prices, food scarcity, unemployment and corruption. After a point they invited Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), who had given up active politics and was involved in social work, to lead the student movement. Jayaprakash Narayan demanded the dismissal of the Congress government in Bihar and gave a call for total revolution in the social, economic and political spheres in order to establish what he considered to be true democracy. A series of bandhs, gehraos, and strikes were organised in protest against the Bihar government. The government, however, refused to resign. |
