Garibi Hatao

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{{Short description|1971 Indian electoral campaign slogan}}

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Garibi Hatao Desh Bachao ({{Langx|hi|गरीबी हटाओ देश बचाओ|4=Remove poverty, save the country}}) was the theme and slogan of Indira Gandhi's 1971 election campaign. 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 (particularly Dalits and Adivasis) would at last gain both political worth and political weight.{{Cite web|url=https://indiragandhi.in/en/timeline/index/garibi-hatao-timeline|title=Garibi Hatao Programme by Indira Gandhi}}

The programs created through garibi hatao, though carried out locally, were funded, developed, supervised, and staffed by Government officials in New Delhi and Congress Party officials.{{Citation needed|date=December 2015}} It was part of the 5th Five-Year Plan.