Narendra Modi says remember ‘emergency’ to fortify democratic framework
9 years, 5 months ago

Narendra Modi says remember ‘emergency’ to fortify democratic framework

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday termed the Emergency, imposed in 1975, as the biggest blow to democracy and said its memories should be kept alive to draw lessons to further fortify the democratic framework and values in the country. I am grateful to those who struggled and fought against it.. “Emergency should be remembered not to brood over what had happened then, but to strenghten our resolve to fortify and further strengthen the democratic values and framework in our country,” Modi said at the programme ‘Loktantra Ke Prahari’ where he also felicitated many of those who fought against Emergency and went to jail in 1975-76. Paying tributes to the Loknayak on his 113th birth anniversary at the function, he said Narayan was “an institution, he was a light house and a role model” and “a new political generation was born during the Emergency that was fully dedicated to democratic values, inspired by JP.” “The biggest message that came out of the anti-Emergency struggle was the inspiration to fight repression. “Even though he was a soft-spoken man, his speeches were like the boiling lava.” Earlier, the Prime Minister also visited the residences of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former National Democratic Alliance convenor George Fernandes who had played a significant role in the fight for democracy in those days.

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Emergency in 1975 was a mistake, but what about the continuing undeclared emergency today, asks Singhvi
3 months ago

Emergency in 1975 was a mistake, but what about the continuing undeclared emergency today, asks Singhvi

The Hindu  

Conceding that the Emergency declared in 1975 was a “mistake”, senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said on Monday that it lasted for only 18 months, but today, the country is under “undeclared emergency” with no time limit. Terming the 1975 Emergency declared by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi a “constitutional distortion”, he said, “It was a distortion, which the …

PM Modi's big attack on Cong over Emergency: ‘Constitution was torn apart, India turned into jail’
3 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi's big attack on Cong over Emergency: ‘Constitution was torn apart, India turned into jail’

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday criticised the Congress over the imposition of Emergency in 1975. "The Constitution was torn apart when it was completing 25 years; the Emergency was imposed, all constitutional rights were snatched and the country was turned into a jail,” Modi said in the Lok Sabha while replying to a two-day debate on the 75 years …

BJP raking up Emergency issue to cover up its failures: Congress
8 months, 1 week ago

BJP raking up Emergency issue to cover up its failures: Congress

The Hindu  

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee Senior Vice-President G. Niranjan alleged that the Modi government is bringing up the issue of Emergency to cover up its failures. He said Mr. Modi’s government has implemented an undeclared emergency in the country for the last 10 years. Mr. Niranjan reminded that after the imposition of Emergency, the Congress lost the 1977 general elections but …

Atal Bihari Vajpayee would have also imposed Emergency: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut
8 months, 1 week ago

Atal Bihari Vajpayee would have also imposed Emergency: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Defending the Emergency imposed by the Congress party in 1975, Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that if Atal Bihari Vajpayee had been the PM in a similar situation, then he would have also imposed the Emergency, adding that Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh openly supported the Emergency. The Government of …

Why Emergency is being raised now in Parliament
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Emergency is being raised now in Parliament

Firstpost  

President Droupadi Murmu termed the Emergency as ‘the biggest and darkest chapter of direct attack on the Constitution’ in her address to a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Addressing both Houses of Parliament on Thursday in the first session after the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, Murmu called the Emergency “the biggest and darkest …

‘Shows how democracy was strangled,’: PM Modi ‘glad’ on LS Speaker Om Birla decision condemning Emergency
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Shows how democracy was strangled,’: PM Modi ‘glad’ on LS Speaker Om Birla decision condemning Emergency

Live Mint  

Coming in support of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's resolution condemning the imposition of Emergency, prime minister Narendra Modi said that the event ‘highlighted how the democracy was strangled’ and ‘exemplified what a dictatorship looks like.’ Taking to X, the PM said, “I am glad that the Honourable Speaker strongly condemned the Emergency, highlighted the excesses committed during that time …

Imposers of Emergency Have No Right to Show Love for Constitution: Modi
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Imposers of Emergency Have No Right to Show Love for Constitution: Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: With the Opposition bloc projecting itself as the protector of the Indian Constitution, the BJP leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday marked the 49th anniversary of the Emergency, calling it the "dark days". Noting that those who imposed the Emergency have "no right to profess their love for our Constitution", Mr Modi said, "These are the …

‘Undeclared Emergency’: Opposition reacts to PM Narendra Modi’s jibe
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Undeclared Emergency’: Opposition reacts to PM Narendra Modi’s jibe

Hindustan Times  

Opposition MPs on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of imposing an “undeclared Emergency” in the country by allegedly suppressing the voice of dissent and freedom of speech. “Breaking parties, toppling elected governments through backdoor methods, misusing agencies like ED, CBI, and IT against 95% of opposition leaders, imprisoning chief ministers, and using power before elections to disturb the level …

Chidambaram hits out at PM Modi over remark on 1975 Emergency
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Chidambaram hits out at PM Modi over remark on 1975 Emergency

The Hindu  

Congress leader P Chidambaram said on June 25 the people of the country have voted for the 18th Lok Sabha in such a manner that no "divine ruler" can change the basic structure of the Constitution. Very true I may add, the Constitution reminded the people to prevent another Emergency, and they voted to curtail the ambitions of the BJP …

'Those who imposed Emergency...': PM Modi slams INDIA bloc amid Constitution protest
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'Those who imposed Emergency...': PM Modi slams INDIA bloc amid Constitution protest

Hindustan Times  

A day after the INDIA bloc mounted a massive protest inside the Parliament premises against the National Democratic Alliance government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said those who imposed the Emergency have no right to profess their love for the Constitution. On the 49th anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency, PM Modi said the dark days showed how …

'Dark chapter': BJP leaders remember emergency era, vow to safeguard democracy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'Dark chapter': BJP leaders remember emergency era, vow to safeguard democracy

India TV News  

As India marks the 50th anniversary of the Emergency declared on June 25, 1975, by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, BJP leaders including President JP Nadda and Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, S Jaishankar, and others took to social media to reflect on this "dark chapter" in Indian democracy. BJP's nationwide programme The BJP announced plans for a nationwide …

‘How long you plan to rule by…?’: Kharge jabs PM Narendra Modi for raking up 'Emergency'
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘How long you plan to rule by…?’: Kharge jabs PM Narendra Modi for raking up 'Emergency'

Hindustan Times  

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Emergency remarks on Monday, asking how long the Bharatiya Janata Party wants to rule by talking about it. Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the Emergency while addressing media persons outside the new Parliament building before taking oath as an MP. Recalling the 21-month period of Emergency that …

Shah slams Rahul Gandhi over ‘murder of democracy’ remark, recalls Emergency
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Shah slams Rahul Gandhi over ‘murder of democracy’ remark, recalls Emergency

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday lashed out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over the latter accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to do "match-fixing" in the Lok Sabha polls. At a rally in New Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, Gandhi had said,"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to do match fixing in these elections. No matter how …

PM Modi makes major conciliatory speech as nation transitions to new Parliament
1 year, 6 months ago

PM Modi makes major conciliatory speech as nation transitions to new Parliament

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened a special session of Parliament on Monday with an emotive speech, for the one last time from the existing Parliament house, in which he paid rich tributes to the country’s democratic traditions and recalled contributions of all former prime ministers – Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee to Manmohan Singh – and said the colonial-era …

Emergency will be remembered for 4,800 years: Bhupendra Yadav
1 year, 8 months ago

Emergency will be remembered for 4,800 years: Bhupendra Yadav

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Union labour and employment minister Bhupendra Yadav on Sunday said that the central government led by prime minister Narendra Modi stands by the independence of the judiciary, election commission and media. Emergency will be remembered for 4,800 years: Bhupendra Yadav Yadav said that not only the independence of these constitutional institutions, but the fundamental rights given by the Constitution …

48 years on, PM Modi calls Emergency ‘dark’ and ‘unforgettable period’ in India’s history
1 year, 8 months ago

48 years on, PM Modi calls Emergency ‘dark’ and ‘unforgettable period’ in India’s history

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to all those “who resisted” the Emergency on the event’s 48th anniversary, and which Mr. Modi decribed as “dark” and an “unforgettable period” in India’s history. Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that the imposition of the Emergency was a “selfish” power struggle and continues to remain a symbol of Congress’ “dictatorial mentality.” “On …

PM Modi Pays Homage to Those Who Resisted Emergency
1 year, 8 months ago

PM Modi Pays Homage to Those Who Resisted Emergency

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Paying homage to all those "courageous people" who resisted the Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said those "dark days" remain an unforgettable period in our history, totally opposite to the values India's Constitution celebrates. Several BJP leaders, including Union ministers, slammed the "dark days" under the then Congress government led by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, alleging …

After 48 years, ‘dark days of emergency remain unforgettable’: PM Modi
1 year, 8 months ago

After 48 years, ‘dark days of emergency remain unforgettable’: PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to those who resisted the emergency that was declared by then PM Indira Gandhi on June 25, 1975. On completion of 48 years of the ‘dark days of emergency’, PM Modi said the 21-month period remains an ‘unforgettable period in our history’. PM Modi was joined by his party, Bharatiya Janata Party, …

Review: India’s Undeclared Emergency by Arvind Narrain
2 years, 4 months ago

Review: India’s Undeclared Emergency by Arvind Narrain

Hindustan Times  

The book has a contentious title. 314pp, ₹699; Westland The author’s main reference point for India’s democratic backslide is Indira Gandhi’s ignominious internal emergency. The author has noted citizens’ resistance to the Emergency, albeit fleetingly, including that of trade unionist George Fernandes and the dissenting judgment of Justice HR Khanna in the famous habeas corpus case. He cites the examples …

On This Day in 1975: A State of Emergency was Declared in India
2 years, 8 months ago

On This Day in 1975: A State of Emergency was Declared in India

News 18  

On this day in 1975 an Emergency was imposed in India by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed proclaimed Emergency due to internal disturbances under Article 352 of the Constitution of India on the recommendations of the government led by PM Indira Gandhi. On June 12, 1975, Allahabad High Court held Indira Gandhi guilty of electoral …

Arvind Narrain: Countering the totalitarian state
3 years ago

Arvind Narrain: Countering the totalitarian state

The Hindu  

Arvind N arrain, a Bengaluru-based lawyer and writer, is the author of India’s Undeclared Emergency: Constitutionalism and the Politics of Resistance. In his latest book, Narrain argues that India is in the midst of an ‘undeclared Emergency’, which has incrementally been implemented since Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister in 2014. Excerpts: In your book you make the forceful point …

Modi regime's agenda of repression
3 years, 8 months ago

Modi regime's agenda of repression

The Hindu  

Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah promptly remembered the “dark days of Emergency” on its 46th anniversary on June 25, 2021. Barely a day after the Delhi High Court’s scathing order against the government, the Adityanath-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh lodged a first information report against a wide array of individuals, including journalists and …

'Dark days of Emergency can never be forgotten': PM Modi reminds Congress its sins
3 years, 8 months ago

'Dark days of Emergency can never be forgotten': PM Modi reminds Congress its sins

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the dark days marked by the Emergency "can never be forgotten" as he reminded the Congress party of its sins. Let us pledge to do everything possible to strengthen India’s democratic spirit, and live up to the values enshrined in our Constitution," the Prime Minister said in a Twitter post on the …

Emergency was a mistake: Rahul Gandhi
4 years ago

Emergency was a mistake: Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

Terming the Emergency that was imposed by former prime minister Indira Gandhi a "mistake", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said what happened during that period was "wrong", but it was fundamentally different from the current scenario as the Congress at no point attempted to capture the country's institutional framework. In a conversation with Kaushik Basu, professor in the Cornell …

Absolutely, Emergency was a mistake, but what RSS is doing today is…: Rahul Gandhi
4 years ago

Absolutely, Emergency was a mistake, but what RSS is doing today is…: Rahul Gandhi

India Today  

The imposition of Emergency by the Congress was a "mistake" but the party "never attempted to capture the constitutional framework" of India, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday. Terming the Emergency imposed by his grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as "wrong", Rahul Gandhi said what is happening in India currently was "fundamentally different" from the Emergency. LIVE: …

Emergency In India, Fake And Real
4 years, 8 months ago

Emergency In India, Fake And Real

ABP News  

Justice Sinha gave Mrs. Gandhi leave to file an appeal to the Supreme Court within twenty days, and the Supreme Court convened for the first hearing on the 23rd; but before the Court could deliver its judgment, Mrs. Gandhi had already acted. In May 1974, in an operation termed “Smiling Buddha”, India carried out a “peaceful nuclear explosion”—we shall pass …

Why does the Emergency mindset remain in Congress, asks Amit Shah
4 years, 8 months ago

Why does the Emergency mindset remain in Congress, asks Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah came down heavily on the Congress on Thursday, saying the interests of one family prevailed over the party and national interests, and questioned why the ‘Emergency mindset’ still remained in the opposition party. Let new generations draw right lessons from Emergency: Prasad Let the new generations draw the right lessons from Emergency, Union minister and …

India will not forget sacrifices made to preserve democracy during Emergency days, says PM Modi
4 years, 8 months ago

India will not forget sacrifices made to preserve democracy during Emergency days, says PM Modi

India Today  

On the 45th year of the imposition of Emergency in India by the erstwhile Indira Gandhi government, BJP leaders have launched an attack on Congress. India will never forget their sacrifices.” Former prime minister Indira Gandhi had imposed Emergency on June 25, 1975 and it continued till March 21, 1977. BJP leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah, Law Minister Ravi …

Lessons for freedom from the Emergency
5 years, 7 months ago

Lessons for freedom from the Emergency

Live Mint  

New Delhi: His arrest was inevitable. On 30 June 1975, five days after then prime minister Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency in the country, Rai was arrested in Banaras, where he moved from Bihar the same day. “…Those days, everyone—from a Congress worker to MPs to MLAs—was an informer…the ears for the police,” says Rai, now the chairman of the …

Guess who supported the Emergency? The Communists, of course
5 years, 8 months ago

Guess who supported the Emergency? The Communists, of course

Op India  

Every anniversary of Emergency in India and worn-out clichés on muzzling media, despotic Indira, state repression and the complicity of judiciary begin to do rounds. Anand quotes from an article, “The Empress Reigns Supreme”, published in August 1976 in The Guardian: “…Pro-CPI journals in India are being given some latitude by the censors because the party is in favour of …

'Can't forget dark days': Addressing Lok Sabha on 44th anniversary of Emergency, PM takes Congress to task
5 years, 8 months ago

'Can't forget dark days': Addressing Lok Sabha on 44th anniversary of Emergency, PM takes Congress to task

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the fact that Tuesday was the anniversary of the Emergency to remind Congress of its political misadventures In his first speech in the new Lok Sabha on 25 June — the day Indira Gandhi imposed the Emergency 44 years ago— Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminded the Congress of its ‘sins.’ On Tuesday, when Modi began …

When and what happened: Timeline of Emergency, the darkest phase of democracy in India
5 years, 8 months ago

When and what happened: Timeline of Emergency, the darkest phase of democracy in India

India TV News  

June 25, 2019, happens to be the 44th anniversary of the Emergency imposed by former prime minister Indira Gandhi -- a period of over 19 months from 1975 to 1977. June 12, 1975: The Allahabad High Court found former prime minister Indira Gandhi guilty of electoral malpractice. July 23, 1975: The Rajya Sabha voted in the favour of the Emergency …

Cannot forget the dark days: PM Modi on 44th anniversary of Emergency
5 years, 8 months ago

Cannot forget the dark days: PM Modi on 44th anniversary of Emergency

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday referred to the 19-month period of Emergency in 1975-77 as 'dark days', and said nobody would be able to forget it. We cannot forget those dark days," PM Modi said, in his reply to the debate in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks to President Ram Nath Kovind's address to Parliament. But …

44th anniversary of Emergency: Narendra Modi says democracy prevailed over authoritarianism, Rajnath terms period 'darkest chapters in Indian history'
5 years, 8 months ago

44th anniversary of Emergency: Narendra Modi says democracy prevailed over authoritarianism, Rajnath terms period 'darkest chapters in Indian history'

Firstpost  

BJP leaders on Monday remembered the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 25 June, 1975 and paid homage to all those who resisted the Emergency. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to all “those greats” who resisted the Emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 25 June, 1975 and said …

44th anniversary of Emergency: PM Modi hails India's democratic ethos, salutes those who resisted Emergency
5 years, 8 months ago

44th anniversary of Emergency: PM Modi hails India's democratic ethos, salutes those who resisted Emergency

India TV News  

Paying homage to all "those greats" who resisted the Emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said democracy had prevailed over authoritarianism. Meanwhile, BJP's working President JP Nadda said in a tweet that the Emergency period was a "black blot" "In 1975, on this day, democracy was murdered by the Congress party …

'For last 5 years, country went through a Super Emergency': Mamata Banerjee attacks Modi government
5 years, 8 months ago

'For last 5 years, country went through a Super Emergency': Mamata Banerjee attacks Modi government

India TV News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday indirectly attacked the Modi government at the Centre and tweeted, “For the last five years, the country went through a Super Emergency.” Her tweet came on the anniversary of the Emergency declared in 1975. Mamata Banerjee wrote to the Centre saying it should not go about "hurriedly" on a "sensitive and serious …

India's soul was crushed to stay in power: PM Modi reminds Congress of Emergency
5 years, 8 months ago

India's soul was crushed to stay in power: PM Modi reminds Congress of Emergency

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday evoked the memories of the Emergency in the Lok Sabha. PM Modi's first address to Parliament after being voted to power came on the 44th anniversary of the Emergency declared by then prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. PM Modi said that while remembering the Congress's achievements, Chowdhury had missed out on mentioning the …

Revisiting the Emergency
5 years, 10 months ago

Revisiting the Emergency

The Hindu  

The BJP election theme slogans phir ek baar Modi sarkar and Modi hai to mumkin hai have echoes of “Indira is India” — the slogan raised by acolytes of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in the 1970s. It is commonly assumed that the Emergency was “a momentary distortion in India’s proud record of democracy,” to quote historian Gyan Prakash from …

The relevance of remembering the Emergency
6 years, 8 months ago

The relevance of remembering the Emergency

Live Mint  

The Emergency, which lasted 19 months, was a pivotal moment in Indian history. Now note the BJP’s game: to seize the honours for having fought the Emergency by pitting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the BJP against the Congress. What BJP leaders don’t dwell upon is what Subramanian Swamy has alleged—that the RSS leader of that time, Madhukar Deoras, and …

1975 Emergency Anniversary: Never Concede Dictatorial Power To Any One Person, Says Fali S Nariman
6 years, 8 months ago

1975 Emergency Anniversary: Never Concede Dictatorial Power To Any One Person, Says Fali S Nariman

Live Law  

Indians should always remember June 26 and ponder ‘what did we do about it’, said NarimanRecalling the dark days of 1975 Emergency, Senior Advocate and constitutional jurist Fali S Nariman on Tuesday said that while the world today knows about what Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister, did and how the judiciary had failed to its duty, the most important …

1975 Emergency Anniversary: Never Concede Dictatorial Power To Any One Person, Says Fali S Nariman
6 years, 8 months ago

1975 Emergency Anniversary: Never Concede Dictatorial Power To Any One Person, Says Fali S Nariman

Live Law  

Indians should always remember June 26 and ponder ‘what did we do about it’, said NarimanRecalling the dark days of 1975 Emergency, Senior Advocate and constitutional jurist Fali S Nariman on Tuesday said that while the world today knows about what Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister, did and how the judiciary had failed to its duty, the most important …

Why Indira's Emergency won't be an issue in 2019
6 years, 8 months ago

Why Indira's Emergency won't be an issue in 2019

Deccan Chronicle  

The Emergency of June 25, 1975-January 18, 1977 under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi serves the BJP as a useful stick to beat the Congress with, and BJP leaders rightly utilise the opportunity to indulge in the ritual. This year, Union minister Arun Jaitley has written a detailed blog about it, where he drew a parallel between Germany’s Nazi leader Adolf …

PM Modi describes 1975 Emergency as 'dark period', Congress hits back by equating him with 'Aurangzeb'
6 years, 8 months ago

PM Modi describes 1975 Emergency as 'dark period', Congress hits back by equating him with 'Aurangzeb'

India TV News  

An all-out war of words broke out between the BJP and Congress on the 43rd anniversary of the 1975 Emergency on Tuesday. In an apparent bid to deflate the Opposition's charge that his government was imposing an "undeclared Emergency" in the country, Modi said there was no difference in the "psyche" of the Congress during Emergency and now. The Congress …

Arun Jaitley recalls 1975 Emergency in his three-part blog series; slams Congress for subverting democratic principles
6 years, 8 months ago

Arun Jaitley recalls 1975 Emergency in his three-part blog series; slams Congress for subverting democratic principles

India TV News  

Arun Jaitley recalls 1975 Emergency in his three-part blog series; slams Congress for subverting democratic principles Jaitley, like always did not mince words in criticising the Congress government for unleashing a sense of fear in people's mind and subverting democratic principles during the 21-month-long period. In his first part of his post, Jaitley recalled how more than four decades ago …

'Emergency' to figure in school textbooks: Javadekar
6 years, 8 months ago

'Emergency' to figure in school textbooks: Javadekar

ABP News  

Jaipur: Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that students shall study an "Emergency chapter" as it will be a part of their school textbooks soon. Talking to the media, Javadekar said the government will include the "whole story" of Emergency in school curricula for students to understand the reality of the time. He said that 1975-77 …

PM Modi attacks Congress for imposing Emergency, says party subverted all democratic institutions in 'lust for power'
6 years, 8 months ago

PM Modi attacks Congress for imposing Emergency, says party subverted all democratic institutions in 'lust for power'

India TV News  

Describing the 21-month-long Emergency as a 'dark period' that the nation could never forget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for making the democracy stronger by 'writing, debating, deliberating, and questioning' its vital aspects. "So, now they tried to scare the highest echelons of the judiciary by bringing in an impeachment motion during Emergency, judges were abruptly transferred and …

43rd anniversary of Emergency: Congress shares 40-year-old Indira Gandhi's photo, claims she apologised in 1978
6 years, 8 months ago

43rd anniversary of Emergency: Congress shares 40-year-old Indira Gandhi's photo, claims she apologised in 1978

ABP News  

It takes a great leader courage and humility to acknowledge one's mistakes and learn from them. pic.twitter.com/agkcYOBFci — Congress June 25, 2018 New Delhi: Congress party on Monday shared a 40-year-old photograph of the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi its Twitter handle on the account of the 43rd anniversary of the Emergency that was imposed in 1975. The party shared …

BJP calls the 1975 Emergency a ‘black period’, will figure in textbooks says the HRD minister
6 years, 8 months ago

BJP calls the 1975 Emergency a ‘black period’, will figure in textbooks says the HRD minister

Op India  

The HRD minister, Prakash Javadekar, speaking at a Delhi BJP function today, termed the 1975 Emergency period as a ‘black period’ and an assault on democracy of the country. Javadekar also spoke of facilitating the party men who were jailed during the Emergency announced on June 25, 1975, by the Indira Gandhi-led Congress regime. Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also …

India remembers Emergency as dark period during which every institution was subverted: Modi
6 years, 8 months ago

India remembers Emergency as dark period during which every institution was subverted: Modi

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, recalled the Emergency period and said that the country remembers it as a dark period during which every institution was subverted and an atmosphere of fear was created. Meanwhile, recalling the period of the Emergency, Union Minister Arun Jaitley, on Monday, published the second part of his three-part series titled 'The Emergency Revisited'. “Having …

Textbooks should include chapter on Emergency to highlight atrocities: Naqvi
6 years, 8 months ago

Textbooks should include chapter on Emergency to highlight atrocities: Naqvi

India TV News  

Textbooks should include chapter on Emergency to highlight atrocities: Naqvi On a day that marks 43 years since the Emergency was imposed, Naqvi said it was the "biggest blot on Indian democracy" with hundreds of people "killed and oppressed in jail". Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said that a chapter on 1975 Emergency should be included in textbooks …

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