<P> Garibi Hatao desh bachao ( `` Abolish poverty , save the nation '' ) was the theme and slogan of Indira Gandhi 's 1971 election bid and later also used by her son Rajiv Gandhi . The slogan and the proposed anti-poverty programs that came with it were designed to give Gandhi an independent national support , based on rural and urban poor , which would allow her to by - pass the dominant rural castes both in and out of state and local government ; likewise the urban commercial class . And , for their part , the previously voiceless poor would at last gain both political worth and political weight . </P>
<P> Garibi Hatao desh bachao ( `` Abolish poverty , save the nation '' ) was the theme and slogan of Indira Gandhi 's 1971 election bid and later also used by her son Rajiv Gandhi . The slogan and the proposed anti-poverty programs that came with it were designed to give Gandhi an independent national support , based on rural and urban poor , which would allow her to by - pass the dominant rural castes both in and out of state and local government ; likewise the urban commercial class . And , for their part , the previously voiceless poor would at last gain both political worth and political weight . </P>
the slogan garibi hatao ( removal of poverty ) was adopted during the period of -- --
the slogan garibi hatao ( removal of poverty ) was adopted during the period of -- --
Indira Gandhi 's 1971
Indira Gandhi 's 1971