A cikin Janairu 1977, Indira Gandhi ya rushe Lok Sabha kuma ya ba da sanarwar cewa za a gudanar da zaɓe a cikin watan Maris na 1977. An kuma saki shugabannin 'yan adawa kuma nan da nan suka kafa ƙungiyar Janata don yaƙar zaɓe.Kawancen ya yi nasarar samun gagarumin rinjaye a zaben.Dangane da bukatar Jayaprakash Narayan, kawancen Janata sun zabi Desai a matsayin shugaban majalisarsu kuma ta haka ne Firayim Minista.Morarji Desai ya zama Firayim Ministan Indiya na farko wanda ba na Majalisa ba.Gwamnatin Desai ta kafa kotuna don bincikar cin zarafi na lokacin gaggawa, kuma an kama Indira da Sanjay Gandhi bayan wani rahoto daga Hukumar Shah.A cikin 1979, haɗin gwiwar ya rushe kuma Charan Singh ya kafa gwamnatin wucin gadi.Jam'iyyar Janata ta zama ba ta da farin jini sosai saboda yakin da take yi tsakaninta da juna, da kuma rashin jagoranci kan warware matsalolin tattalin arziki da zamantakewa na Indiya.