This rule was interrupted between 1977 and 1980, when the Janata Party coalition won the election owing to public discontent with the controversial state of emergency declared by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
INC mistede magten mellem 1977 og 1980, da Janata Party vandt valget på grund af folkets utilfredshed med Undtagelsestilstanden, erklæret af daværende statsminister Indira Gandhi.