As per reports, the institutions like Ford and Rockfeller Foundation had played a key role in carrying out the forced sterilizations in India. The USA, the country that lectures non-stop about human rights and democracy today, was on board with this program.
This diktat issued by Congress' Kamal Nath led government in Madhya Pradesh was seen as a stark reminder of the horrors of Indira Gandhi-led Emergency by many.
Congress' Kamal Nath-led Madhya Pradesh government has now issued orders to the health staff to bring one man for sterilisation or they stand to lose their jobs.
Indira Gandhi and her government had gone out of the way to facilitate Sanjay's Maruti scam. At every stage, rules were bent, officials were threatened and coerced into catering to Sanjay Gandhi's whims.