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"Black blot on India's democracy": Union Minister SP Singh Baghel on 50th
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Union Minister SP Singh Baghel on Wednesday slammed the Congress and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for imposing the emergency 50 years ago, calling it a "blot on Indian democracy."
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11 years of BJP-led governance an "undeclared emergency": Congress' Manick
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"The Constitution is under attack. In 2024, Modi asked for a Char Sau Paar mandate to change the Constitution. He wanted to destroy Ambedkar's legacy -- and the people rejected him. But the BJP continues to undermine democracy by stealth," Tagore wrote in a post on X.
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"An undeclared emergency for past 11 years": Congress' Jairam Ramesh slams
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The Congress leader accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led multiple things, including attacking on the Constitution, weakening of the Parliament, eroding autonomy of Constitutional bodies, damaging the judiciary, intimidating businesses and controlling the media, destroying federalism, mi
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"Severest challenge to our democratic existence posed by Emergency": Forme
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"To save our democracy and to save our Constitution was the only big aim of the movement that shaped spontaneously and organically. If it had not been done then, we would be in a very different India today. An India where we probably could not have existed," Deve Gowda said.
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"Those who strangled constitution are now posing as its protectors": Assam
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"Those who themselves strangled the Constitution are now posing as its protectors. 25 June ~ A reminder of the darkest chapter in India's democracy. Never forget the dark days of the Emergency,' he said in a post on X.
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'We salute every person who stood firm': PM Modi recalls fight against Eme
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an X post, paid tribute to those who resisted the 1975 Emergency, ensuring democracy's restoration. He reaffirmed his commitment to constitutional values and a Viksit Bharat, focusing on the poor and marginalised.
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"Powerful reminder of collective duty to safeguard constitutional values":
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Jaishankar recalled the "painful chapter" of independent India's history, when he said rights were suspended and accountability was set aside.
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"Prime example of their shenanigans": On anniversary of Emergency, PM Modi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on X, recalled the 1975 Emergency as a dark chapter, marking its 50th anniversary as Samvidhan Hatya Diwas. He criticised the Congress for suspending rights, muzzling Parliament, and targeting the poor via the 42nd Amendment.
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Direct attempt to crush soul of our nation: Piyush Goyal criticises Congre
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Taking to 'X'. the Union Minister mentioned that the Emergency was a "conspiracy" by a family which was "intoxicated" by "power" and it was also a proof of Congress' "tyrannical" and "cruel" mindset which handed over emergency to the country by "murdering" the constitution.
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"Constitution and democracy were murdered": SP leader Ravidas Mehrotra on
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As the Centre marks the 50th anniversary of the Emergency as 'Samvidhan Hatya Divas', Samajwadi Party leader Ravidas Mehrotra recalled him and other SP leaders being jailed during the Emergency and said that the Constitution and democracy were murdered.
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"Democracy was being murdered, we had no rights": Survivor recalls ordeal
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah greeted Sumita Arya, a survivor of the Emergency era, and presented her with a copy of the Indian Constitution during an event commemorating 50 years since the imposition of the Emergency in 1975.
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Imposition of emergency in this country is murder of democracy: UP Dy CM K
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He further stated that it was important to remind the country that those who carried fake books of the Constitution were the biggest traitors.
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