PM, Shah salute people who resisted Emergency

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to all”those greats” who resisted the Emergency imposed by the then PrimeMinister Indira Gandhi on this day in 1975 and said democracy had prevailedover authoritarianism.

“India salutes all those greats who fiercely andfearlessly resisted the Emergency. India’s democratic ethos successfullyprevailed over an authoritarian mindset,” he tweeted.

   

BJP’s working President JP Nadda said in a tweet that theEmergency period was a “black blot”.

“In 1975, on this day, democracy was murdered by theCongress party to remain in power. A grateful nation remembers thousands ofunsung heroes from Bharatiya Jan Sangh and RSS, who led the anti-Emergencymovement from the front” he tweeted.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh took to Twitter to highlighthow it was one of the darkest chapters in the history of the country.

“The declaration of Emergency on June 25, 1975 and theincidents that followed, mark as one of the darkest chapters in India’shistory.

“On this day, we the people of India should alwaysremember the importance of upholding the integrity of our institutions and theConstitution,” he said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah recalled how newspapers wereshut and citizens of the country were deprived of their fundamental rights.

“Lakhs of patriots suffered to restablish democracy inthe country. I salute all those soldiers,” he tweeted.

Emergency was imposed in India from June 25, 1975 to March21, 1977.

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