Emergency Anniversary: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several of his senior party and cabinet colleagues today marked the 48th anniversary of The Emergency declared by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975, paying homage to those who resisted the ‘dark days of emergency’.
PM Modi calls ‘The Emergency’ ‘an unforgettable period’
The Prime Minister, in a tweet, said the 21 month period remains an ‘unforgettable period’ in our history. “I pay homage to all those courageous people who resisted the Emergency and worked to strengthen our democratic spirit. The #DarkDaysOfEmergency remain an unforgettable period in our history, totally opposite to the values our Constitution celebrates,” the PM said.
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‘A Horrible Saga’ – BJP
The official Twitter handle of The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP0 tweeted a poster with Indira Gandhi’s face along with the words “the darkest chapter of Indian democracy”.
“1975 Emergency: A horrible saga of trampling the Temple of Democracy!” the party tweeted along with the visual.
“The Supreme Court was made a mute spectator! The 39th Amendment of the Constitution was enacted to keep elections of the PM beyond the scrutiny of the Court,” it said in another tweet.
‘Torture, imprisonment, murder’
BJP leader Smriti Irani also took to Twitter to strongly condemns The Emergency period attacking Congress. “Torture, imprisonment, murder, stifling the voice of free press – 25th June 1975 symbolises all that and more. Lest you forget, what the Emergency imposed on India and Indians entailed; do watch this video & see what the Congress party is capable of! #DarkDaysOfEmergency,” the minister tweeted. She also tweeted a five-minute video which narrated he events leading to The Emergency by the Congress government during the period.
Torture , imprisonment, murder , stifling the voice of free press – 25 th June 1975 symbolises all that and more. Lest you forget what the Emergency imposed on India and Indians entailed ; do watch this video & see what the Congress party is capable of ! #DarkDaysOfEmergency pic.twitter.com/kBlGbcKBSR
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) June 25, 2023
The “dark days for democracy” were denounced by a number of other ministers, including Rajnath Singh, Kiren Rijiju, Pralhad Joshi, Nitin Gadkari, former minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, among others.
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