Emergency 1975: Amit Shah said “congressional leaders felt suffocated”
New Delhi:
Interior Minister Amit Shah tweeted today to honor those who have fiercely opposed the emergency as India turns 45 since former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi took action extremely restrictive for freedom in June 1975.
The emergency which lasted until March 1977 saw civil liberties restricted and political dissent was suppressed.
Referring to the Gandhis, Shah criticized “a family” for turning the nation into a “prison” overnight.
“On that day, 45 years ago, a family’s greed for power led to the imposition of emergency. During the night, the nation was turned into a prison. The press, the courts , freedom of expression … all have been trampled on. Atrocities have been committed poor and oppressed, “tweeted Shah.
“Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of thousands of people, the urgency was lifted. Democracy was restored in India, but it remained absent in Congress. The interests of a family prevailed over the interests of the parties and the interests This sad situation is also developing in today’s Congress! “the Minister of the Interior tweeted.
As one of India’s opposition parties, Congress must ask itself:
Why does the emergency mentality persist?
Why can’t leaders who do not belong to a dynasty express themselves?
Why are leaders frustrated in Congress?
Otherwise, their disconnection with people will continue to grow.
– Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 25, 2020
BJP chief JP Nadda also tweeted to honor leaders who fought to restore civil liberties and end the emergency.
“India salutes all the leaders who, despite the enduring torture, fiercely opposed the emergency. It is the tenacity of our satyagrahis that the democratic values of India have managed to win in a state of mind totalitarian, “tweeted Nadda.
He published a photo message with the title “The dark chapter of the emergency”.
The announcement of the emergency was made on June 25, 1975, a few days after the Allahabad High Court convicted Indira Gandhi of electoral fraud and expelled her from parliament for six years.
During much of the emergency, most of Indira Gandhi’s political opponents were imprisoned and the press was censored. Several other human rights violations have been reported. The emergency remains one of the most controversial periods in the history of independent India.
