Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that 50 years ago, the emergency not only killed the constitution, but also intended to keep the judiciary as his slave.
“Those who impose emergency not only killed our constitution, but their goal was to subdue the judiciary. During this time, people were persecuted on a large scale. There are many examples that cannot be forgotten,” he said.
PM Modi’s comment was marked as ‘Samvidan Hatya Diwas’ on 25 June as ‘Samvidan Hatya Diwas’ on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency by the government. He said that the country should always remember all those who fought the Emergency with the Emergency.
“A few days ago, the emergency accusation on the country has completed its 50 years. We have observed ‘Samvidan Hatya Dewas’.
On the night of June 25, 1975, the Congress government led by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented Article 352 of the Constitution to declare an emergency on the basis of “internal disturbances”. This was the first and only time when this provision was used in independent India.
Modi’s radio address included the audio clip of former Prime Ministers Morarji Desai and Atal Bihari Vajpayee as well as former Deputy Prime Minister Jagjivan Ram, which discussed the 21-month emergency period between 1975 and 1977.
“Thousands of people arrested during that period were subjected to such inhuman atrocities. But it is the strength of the people of India … they did not bow down, did not break and accepted any compromise with democracy. Finally, people won on a large scale: Emergency was lifted, and the emergency that was imposed, he said that PM Modi said.
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A few days ago, the Union Cabinet passed a resolution in compliance with the 50th anniversary of the Emergency to convince those who opposed it, according to a government release.
Without the name of Congress or Indira Gandhi, PM Modi’s comment on Emergency came at a time when the ruling BJP and opposition parties are engaged in a hot exchange, later it is alleged that there is an undeclared Emergency under the Modi government.
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