PM Narendra Modi, UHM Amit Shah Salute People Who Resisted Emergency
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a tribute to all “those greats” who resisted the Emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on this day in 1975 and said democracy had prevailed over authoritarianism.
“India salutes all those greats who fiercely and fearlessly resisted the Emergency. India’s democratic ethos successfully prevailed over an authoritarian mindset,” he tweeted.
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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 to remain in power. A grateful nation remembers thousands of unsung heroes from Bharatiya Jan Sangh and RSS, who led the anti-Emergency movement from the front” he tweeted.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted saying, “The declaration of Emergency on June 25, 1975, and the incidents that followed, mark as one of the darkest chapters in India’s history.
“On this day, we the people of India should always remember the importance of upholding the integrity of our institutions and the Constitution,” he said.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah recalled how newspapers were shut and citizens of the country were deprived of their fundamental rights.
“Lakhs of patriots suffered to establish democracy in the country. I salute all those soldiers,” he tweeted.
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Union Minister Smriti Irani said, “The darkest chapter of Indian democracy and politics is the Emergency which came into force on 25th June 1975. Shassat Naming fighters who struggle to protect democracy against the ruling autocratic misrule.”
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An emergency was imposed in India from June 25, 1975, to March 21, 1977.
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