{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:29:06.610Z","data":{"id":"janata-ls-1977-027","text":"Amend Article 356 to prevent the misuse of President's Rule in states","quote":"Amend Article 356 to ensure that the power to impose President's Rule in a State is not misused to benefit the ruling party.","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":null,"sector":"governance","measurability":"directional","importance":"major","deadline":"1982-03-24","deadlineType":"implied","status":"stalled","rating":1,"ratingRule":"stalled_announced","provisional":false,"confidence":"high","reason":"In April 1977, the Janata government dissolved nine Congress-led state legislative assemblies en masse using Article 356, repeating the very central overreach it pledged to prevent, and failed to pass constitutional safeguards limiting Article 356 (per Forty-fourth Amendment records).","evidence":[{"date":"1977-04-30","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Morarji Desai","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morarji_Desai","quote":"In April 1977, Home Minister Charan Singh dissolved nine state assemblies where Congress was in power, prompting severe constitutional criticism.","stance":"contradicts"},{"date":"1978-04-30","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Forty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_India","quote":"The 44th Amendment reduced the maximum period of President's Rule from three years to one year, but left the invocation grounds largely intact.","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["article-356","presidents-rule","federalism"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":null,"repeatOf":[],"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-06","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"janata-ls-1977","partyId":"janata-party","electionId":"ls-1977"}}