As a political commentator for the influential and pro-government Times of India put it in his 1981 year-end review: The viability of the system has come to rest more and more on the charisma of one individual [Mrs Gandhi] rather than on institutions.

• 正如有影响的亲政府报纸《印度时报》的一位政治评论员在其1981年年终评论中说：“(印度)社会体制的存在越来越依赖一个个人(甘地夫人)的魅力而不依靠整个社会的组织和机构。”