New Delhi: On the 46th anniversary of the Emergency, Union Home Minister Amit Shah attacked the Congress, claiming that it was imposed to silence those who speak against a family, calling it a dark chapter in the history of independent India. .
Shah said on Twitter, “Emergency imposed to suppress voice against one family is a dark chapter in the history of independent India. Salute to the sacrifices of all the countrymen who ruled ruthlessly for 21 months to protect the country’s constitution and democracy. He fought tirelessly in the face of cruel tortures.
He further said that Congress in its selfishness and arrogance of power has killed the world’s largest democracy by declaring a state of emergency in the country.
PM Modi’s tweets ‘black days’ can never be forgotten
On the 46th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a series of tweets said that the dark days between 1975 and 1977 were over. He tweeted: “#DarkDaysOfEmergency can never be forgotten. The period from 1975 to 1977 witnessed a systematic destruction of institutions. Let us make every effort to strengthen the democratic spirit of India and the values enshrined in our Constitution. Resolve to live for.”
In another tweet, Modi said the Emergency Congress party “trampled our democratic ethos”, sharing a link to an Instagram post by the BJP. “This is how Congress trampled on our democratic values. We remember all those great personalities who opposed the Emergency and protected Indian democracy,” he tweeted.
He said that salute to all the countrymen who fought tirelessly to protect the constitution and democracy of the country while facing the brutal tortures of brutal rule for 21 months.
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India declared emergency for a period of 21 months
The Emergency, declared by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for a period of 21 months from 1975 to 1977, was one of the most controversial periods in India’s post-independence history. The emergency, declared by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed under Article 352 of the Constitution in response to “internal disturbance”, was in effect from June 25, 1975 to March 21, 1977.
The order gave Indira Gandhi the unrestricted power to rule by decree, postpone elections, and restrict civil liberties. The political opponents of Indira Gandhi during the Emergency were
Jailed, and the press censored.
Indira Gandhi’s political opponents jailed
Many leaders who opposed Gandhi’s policies were imprisoned, including Jayaprakash Narayan, Raj Narain, Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani, Arun Jaitley, and others.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Jamaat-e-Islami were both outlawed.
Human rights violations occurred in India, including a mass forced sterilization campaign organized by Indira Gandhi’s successor Sanjay Gandhi.
During this time the police had the right to detain people without any charges and without informing their families. Torture and abuse of prisoners and political prisoners have been widely reported.
The Congress-led government was also accused of spreading government propaganda through public and private media outlets such as Doordarshan.
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