Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress system
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What were the objectives of Indira Gandhi's “Garibi Hatao’ slogan?

Through “Garibi Hatao’ Indira Gandhi tried to generate a support base among the disadvantaged, especially among the landless labourers, Dalits and Adivasis, minorities, women and unemployed youth. The slogan of Garibi Hatao and the programmes that followed it were a part of her political strategy of building an independent nationwide political support base.
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