Indira Hatao, Desh Bachao

Meaning: “Remove Indira, Save the Country” This famous political slogan was Jayaprakash Narayan’s famous rallying cry for the opposition parties post-Emergency. Major opposition parties came under the umbrella Janata Party to trounce the Congress in the 1977 parliamentary polls. The Congress party won the general elections in 1971 on the back of Indira Gandhi’s slogan. Due to the slogan's significant impact, it was used every now and then during campaigns prior elections. Some of the famous political personalities such as Sitaram Kesri, Rajiv Gandhi and his son Rahul have used the slogan in their speeches and campaigns.