For the past year there have been man demagogic speeches by Government politicians - most notably Sanjay Gandhi, the Prime Minister's son - over the need for family planning. The Indian Government scems intent on using as a scapegoat tne myth that India's large population is the cause of India's economic and problems.
The ugly face of the Emergency is seen in the repression of many worker and student militants. A large number of trade unionists, mainly in the Communist Party of India (which supports the Emergency and the Gandhi Government) were arre. ted merely or going on nunger strike on o January against a presidential or nce slashing by half the minimum bonus payable to workers.
On the campuses of the two universities in Delhi, groups of police are always to be seen standing around armed with rifles and batons. Politics cannot be discussed openly (unless in support of the regime). as the campuses are rife with plain clothes cops and a person can oe detained under une Maintenance of Internal Security Act for up to two years without charge and without the right to know why they are being detained Immediately after the Emergency, many students and lecturers were arrested in police swoops on both campuses. Every student hostel has its statutory three o four police informers. The wardens of these