Will Kangana Ranaut's Emergency have these 5 things from Indira Gandhi's Emergency?

Kangana Ranaut plays former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in an upcoming political drama titled Emergency. Kangana, apart from playing the lead role, has also directed and produced the movie. 

The teaser of Emergency was released on July 14. The movie, understandably, is based on the Emergency, the period between 1975-77 when a nationwide emergency was imposed by the then PM, Indira Gandhi. 

Have a look at the teaser of Emergency first:

The Emergency, which lasted from June 25, 1975 till March 21,1977, was one of the most harrowing phases in the history of independent India. All the fundamental rights of the citizens guaranteed by the Indian constitution stood suspended except the Right to Life. The period lasted 21 months.

Will these 5 bits from Indira Gandhi's Emergency make it to Kangana Ranaut's Emergency? 

1. Forced sterilization: During the Emergency, Indira Gandhi’s son Sanjay Gandhi began a campaign to sterilize poor men. There were reports that police entered villages and even forcefully dragged men to surgery.

In the period, a record number of 6.2 million men were sterilized in one year, which was 15 times more than number of people sterilized by the Nazis, as per Science journalist Mara Hvistendahl, a BBC report said.

2. Arrest of the entire Opposition: On the night preceding the declaration of Emergency, all Opposition leaders including Jayprakash Narayan, LK Advani, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Arun Jaitley, Morarji Desai and several others were arrested and jailed. The Union Cabinet was informed about it in a special meeting at 6 am after the Opposition was in jail.

3. The battle with Raj Narain: Indira Gandhi had contested the Parliamentary elections in 1971 from the Rae Bareli constituency against socialist leader Raj Narain.

She defeated him, but Narain challenged her win at the Allahabad High Court saying that the Prime Minister won through electoral malpractices, bribing voters and unauthorised use of her power. Narain’s case, though weak, was fought vigorously by senior Supreme Court lawyer Shanti Bhushan. 

4. Jagmohan Lal Sinha's verdict: On June 12, 1975, after the summer break, Judge Jagmohan Lal Sinha of the Allahabad High Court delivered the verdict. Indira Gandhi was found guilty of misusing her official power in the election, and the election was declared null and void. She was also barred from contesting elections for the next six years.

5. Indira Gandhi's relationship and rivalry with Maharani Gayatri Devi: In 1971, the privy purses were abolished in India and Maharani Gayatri Devi, the Rajmata of Jaipur, found herself in the bad books of Indira Gandhi. Between Gandhi and Gayatri, a rivalry dated back to their Shantiniketan days. In 1975, after Indira Gandhi declared Emergency, she got a series of income-tax raids ordered the erstwhile Royals of Jaipur. Gayatri Devi was jailed.

Like Khushwant Singh once wrote, "Ayesha [Gayatri] Devi brought the worst out in Indira Gandhi: her petty and vindictive side."

Indira Gandhi beyond the Emergency: One of the most important things to watch out for in Kangana Ranaut's Emergency would be the persona of Indira Gandhi. Daughter of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi was different from her father. She fought the internal duels of the Congress, led a second front called Congress (I) in 1971 against Morarji Desai's Congress (O) and won a landslide victory. 

Indira Gandhi foresaw a tumultuous India which battled famine, a rebellion by her own partymen and voices of separatism from Punjab. 

The Emergency is the darkest chapter of independent India, and of Indira Gandhi's prime-ministership. Gandhi lost the 1977 elections that followed the Emergency. The Congress suffered its worst defeat till then, reduced to 154 seats. The Opposition, Janata Party, got 295 seats (330, along with allies). Both Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi lost their seats from Rae Bareli and Amethi, both Gandhi bastions, respectively.