"I call it a reward. It has enhanced the prestige of Indira Gandhi and it has exposed Morarji Desai. It has exposed his hypocrisy, it has exposed his so-called non-violence; it has exposed his so-called 'mahatmahood.' It has simply proved one thing: his fear, his paranoia.

"The small mind is always afraid of the great mind. The pygmies are always afraid of the giants, the unintelligent always afraid of the intelligent. But the unintelligent are always in a majority. They have a power which the intelligent cannot claim, they can always have the support of the herd. That's what has happened.

"Morarji Desai has the majority in Parliament. And his whole gang is so much afraid of Indira, that if she remains in Parliament then their days of power are very limited, they can be counted on fingers. Any excuse will do to throw her out. And whatsoever they have found is nothing but an excuse.

"It shows the jealousy of the mediocre, mediocre people are always jealous. They are jealous of whatsoever they cannot attain. Morarji Desai has no grace of personality, no elegance. He is jealous of Indira Gandhi. He would like to destroy her. That's what he has been trying to do.

"The masses also never like somebody who is really graceful. The masses also like somebody who looks like them. Anybody who has some aristocratic grace is not liked by the masses very much. Deep down, the gracious person does not belong to them.

"And it is also an ugly act of political vendetta. It is simply an effort to punish, to punish her for something of tremendous importance that she was trying to do. She was trying to bring this country to a certain order; that was her fault. She was trying to bring this country to a certain discipline, was trying to destroy the smugglers, the hooligans, the dacoits, the exploiters, and all those have joined together behind Morarji Desai. They are all afraid. If she comes back into power again, there will be trouble. Morarji is a protection.

"The real power is not that of Morarji Desai, the real power is in the hands of the Hindu fascists of this country."