"Will they apologise to the country for emergency?": Haryana CM Saini targets Congress
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], June 28 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly misleading the public during election campaigns.
He further questioned the party for failing to apologise for the Emergency and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Chief Minister made these remarks while addressing a 'State-level Mock Parliament' organised by the BJP Mahila Morcha, Haryana's Gurugram.
He exhorted that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country has been functioning according to the Constitution.
Addressing the event in Gurugram, CM Saini said, 'During elections, Yuvraj (Rahul Gandhi) picks up the holy Constitution book and campaigns that if Modi Ji becomes the Prime Minister, the Constitution will be abolished. Under Modi Ji's leadership, this country is running according to the Constitution...'
'I want to ask the Congress people, will you apologise to the country for the Emergency? You have not apologised to date. In 1984, a particular community was massacred, and no apology was made for that either. According to this holy Constitution, if anyone has tried to get them justice, it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi,' the Chief Minister added.
In a post on X, Saini alleged that during the Emergency, people faced atrocities 'worse' than those under British rule and paid respects to all those who endured such suffering.
The social media post reads, 'Gratitude to the maternal forces present at the 'State-level Mock Parliament' organized by BJP Mahila Morcha, Haryana, in the vibrant city of Gurugram, led by Guru Dronacharya!'
https://x.com/NayabSainiBJP/status/1938895125255762213
'During the Emergency, people faced atrocities worse than those under British rule; I pay my respects to all those who endured such suffering. In that era, there was neither instability in the country, nor any natural disaster, nor any earthquake. Solely for their selfish motives, the Congress government trampled upon the Constitution,' it added.
Between 25 June 1975 and 21 March 1977, India was placed under a state of Emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution. On 25 June 1975, the then President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed issued the Emergency proclamation under Article 352, citing threats from internal disturbance. This was the third Emergency in India's history, but the first one declared in peacetime. Earlier proclamations were during wars with China (1962) and Pakistan (1971). (ANI)
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