Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, June 25: The brave souls who fought against the “dark days of emergency” and strived to bolster the democratic spirit were paid homage by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
It has been 48 years since the Congress government, then led by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, imposed the Emergency.
“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,” Tweeted PM Modi.
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.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 25, 2023
From June 25, 1975, until its end on March 21, 1977, the Emergency was in force.
JP Nadda, national president of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), also bowed to the martyrs who battled for the establishment of democracy by bearing excruciating tortures.
“On June 25, 1975, a family due to its dictatorial tendencies killed the country’s great democracy and imposed a stigma like emergency. Whose ruthlessness left behind even the tyranny of hundreds of years of foreign rule. In such difficult times, I bow down to all the patriots who fought for the establishment of democracy by enduring immense tortures,” tweeted Nadda.
25 जून 1975 को एक परिवार ने अपने तानाशाही प्रवृत्ति के कारण देश के महान लोकतंत्र की हत्या कर आपातकाल जैसा कलंक थोपा था।
जिसकी निर्दयता ने सैकड़ों वर्षों के विदेशी शासन के अत्याचार को भी पीछे छोड़ दिया।
ऐसे कठिन समय में असीम यातनाएं सहकर लोकतंत्र की स्थापना के लिए संघर्ष करने…
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) June 25, 2023
During the 21-month period between 1975 and 1977, then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi proclaimed a state of emergency.
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed formally issued the decree in accordance with Article 352 of the Constitution as a result of the ongoing “internal disturbance.”
The Emergency gave the Prime Minister the power to rule by decree, allowing for the suspension of elections and the restriction of human liberties. One of the most contentious times in independent India’s history was the Emergency in 1975.
