{"product_id":"the-communist-party-of-india-and-the-indian-emergency-by-david-lockwood-hardcover","title":"THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA AND THE INDIAN EMERGENCY BY DAVID LOCKWOOD (HARDCOVER)","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe first study of CPI’s role in supporting the Indira Gandhi government during the Indian Emergency of 1975.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndia, June 1975. Fundamental rights are suspended. The Opposition is in jail. The Press is shut down. And Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has just declared Emergency. Only \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e political party supports Indira Gandhi’s action―the Communist Party of India (CPI). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy did the CPI take up this lonely and much-criticised stand? Were there any pressures from the Soviet Union or was the CPI looking for some political mileage? CPI’s stance on the issue has never been discussed, analysed and understood. In an exhaustive study of the period, David Lockwood lays bare the facts before us. Through personal interviews with CPI members, internal documents of the party and archives, he presents the most thorough study of the CPI and the Emergency so far.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Indian Hobby Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41134909980715,"sku":"","price":636.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/6796\/1387\/files\/THECOMMUNISTPARTYOFINDIAANDTHEINDIANEMERGENCY.jpg?v=1743508239","url":"https:\/\/www.indianhobbycenter.com\/products\/the-communist-party-of-india-and-the-indian-emergency-by-david-lockwood-hardcover","provider":"Indian Hobby Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}