Today, on June 25, 2021, India has completed 46 years to the dark days in the history of Indian democracy, i.e., emergency. So, on its 46th anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted from his official Twitter handle and lashed out at the Congress regime.
PM Modi tweeted: “The #DarkDaysOfEmergency can never be forgotten. The period from 1975 to 1977 witnessed a systematic destruction of institutions. Let us pledge to do everything possible to strengthen India’s democratic spirit, and live up to the values enshrined in our Constitution.”
The #DarkDaysOfEmergency can never be forgotten. The period from 1975 to 1977 witnessed a systematic destruction of institutions.
Let us pledge to do everything possible to strengthen India’s democratic spirit, and live up to the values enshrined in our Constitution.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 25, 2021
PM Modi further shared an Instagram link and quoted: “This is how Congress trampled over our democratic ethos. We remember all those greats who resisted the Emergency and protected Indian democracy. #DarkDaysOfDemocracy”
This is how Congress trampled over our democratic ethos. We remember all those greats who resisted the Emergency and protected Indian democracy. #DarkDaysOfEmergency https://t.co/PxQwYG5w1w
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 25, 2021
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also tweeted that the emergency was imposed to quell the voices against one family. He tweeted: “The Emergency imposed to quell the voices against one family is a dark chapter in the history of independent India. Salute to the sacrifice and sacrifice of all the countrymen who fought relentlessly for the protection of the constitution and democracy of the country while suffering the brutal tortures of the ruthless rule for 21 months.”
एक परिवार के विरोध में उठने वाले स्वरों को कुचलने के लिए थोपा गया आपातकाल आजाद भारत के इतिहास का एक काला अध्याय है।
21 महीनों तक निर्दयी शासन की क्रूर यातनाएं सहते हुए देश के संविधान व लोकतंत्र की रक्षा के लिए निरंतर संघर्ष करने वाले सभी देशवासियों के त्याग व बलिदान को नमन।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 25, 2021
“On this day in 1975, Congress killed the world’s largest democracy by imposing emergency on the country in the interest and arrogance of power. Innumerable Satyagrahis were imprisoned overnight in the prison cell and locked the press. Taking away the fundamental rights of the citizens, made the Parliament and the court a mute spectator,” Shah further added.
1975 में आज ही के दिन कांग्रेस ने सत्ता के स्वार्थ व अंहकार में देश पर आपातकाल थोपकर विश्व के सबसे बड़े लोकतंत्र की हत्या कर दी। असंख्य सत्याग्रहियों को रातों रात जेल की कालकोठरी में कैदकर प्रेस पर ताले जड़ दिए। नागरिकों के मौलिक अधिकार छीनकर संसद व न्यायालय को मूकदर्शक बना दिया। pic.twitter.com/SvFmEXKYcn
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 25, 2021
Well, the emergency was imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The emergency was in effect from June 25, 1975, until its withdrawal on March 21, 1977.