INDRAGANTHI , PRIVATE LIFE REVEALED
INDRAGANTHI , PRIVATE LIFE REVEALED Although a silent backbencher at first, Feroze soon became a stellar parliamentarian. He remained a left-winger within the Congress, as Nehru had been in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1955 Feroze forced the nationalization of life insurance in India after his expose; of the illegal dealings of businesses and insurance companies. A vociferous defender of the freedom of the press, he also piloted a law allowing the Indian press to report on parliamentary proceedings, a law Indira Gandhi would repeal during the Emergency. In spite of these successes or perhaps because of them, and Feroze's arrival in 46Delhi, his relationship with Indira did not improve. He was suffocated by Nehru's presence and found living in Teen Murti House intolerable. 'Although he genuinely admired his father-in-law, he thought there was something counterfeit in the cult developing around Nehru . . . and intensely disliked being called "the Prime Minister...