at most it is some chowkidar with the instructions 'koi aye to bata dena' that has been exaggerated by sekhar gupta and co.
a rather facetious argument. the army ain't indira gandhi.vera_k wrote:Having heard this type of sentiment often, what are the reasons that a coup is not possible in India?Aditya_V wrote:And India is not Pindistan, Rank and file, Generals of Army which are from Indian society will never agree for a coup. which a population 1250 million, a coup cannot be just undertaken by a capturing a few blocks of Delhi.
All it needs is for the government to be arrested, and a new government to be appointed in its place. Indira Gandhi managed to impose the Emergency using these tactics of putting one set of civilian leaders in jail.
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