The Right to Property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights when the Prime Minister was:

The Right to Property was removed from Part III of the Constitution by the 44th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1978, passed by the Janata Party government headed by Morarji Desai.

What the 44th Amendment did on property:

• It repealed Article 31 and deleted Article 19(1)(f).
• It inserted a new Article 300A in Part XII, saying that no person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law.
• Property thus became a constitutional (legal) right, not a Fundamental Right.

Why the change was made:

• Many land reform and nationalisation laws had been challenged in court on the ground of the right to property.
• Removing it from Part III made it easier to implement social and economic reforms.

Other important changes by the 44th Amendment:

• "Internal disturbance" was replaced by "armed rebellion" as a ground for National Emergency.
• A National Emergency can be proclaimed only on the written advice of the Cabinet.
• Articles 20 and 21 cannot be suspended during an emergency.
• The term of the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was restored to five years.

About Morarji Desai:

• He was the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India, serving from 1977 to 1979.
• He had earlier been Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister.
• He is the only Indian to have received both the Bharat Ratna and Pakistan's highest civilian award, the Nishan-e-Pakistan.
• He presented the Union Budget ten times, the most by any finance minister.

After the change:

• A person who loses property cannot move the Supreme Court under Article 32 for that reason alone.
• He can, however, approach a High Court, since the State must act under the authority of a law.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Indira Gandhi led the government that passed the 42nd Amendment.
• ✗Charan Singh became Prime Minister after Morarji Desai resigned.
• ✗Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister later.