“After Indira Gandhi revoked the emergency and declared general elections, he contested for General Elections, won from the Nandyal Parliamentary Constituency and became Speaker in the Lok Sabha as the democracy had been restored after two years of emergency, which came about through democratic process of the ballot.”

— Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Source: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, p. 137-138

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