"Judiciary was suppressed, journalists were imprisoned": Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC slams Congress on 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas'
'Today, June 25, is 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas', the day when the Congress Party destroyed the Constitution. This is the same Congress Party that declared the Emergency without any discussion or debate. Over 1 lakh opposition leaders, journalists, and activists were imprisoned, and the judiciary was suppressed. We are proud that PM Modi has given us our country back and has also shown that no dictatorship will prevail in India. Remembering this, on June 25, the Constitution and its significance come to mind,' Shaina NC told ANI.
Meanwhile, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said that the BJP has no right to politicise the Emergency.
'Our CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has told very clearly that whatever happened it was for the time being...But the BJP has no right to do politics on these things because the BJP is attacking the Constitution now,' he said.
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).
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using the 50th anniversary of the Emergency to divert public attention from issues like unemployment, inflation and demonetisation.
Kharge said the Modi-led government was trying to cover up its 'failures and repeated lies' by marking the day as 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas' and focusing on a chapter of history that had ended decades ago. (ANI)
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