On the occasion of 50 years of Emergency, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that although the faces in Congress have changed but still its character and gestures remain the same.
On the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a sharp criticism at the Congress and said that the dark days of the emergency remind how the Congress Party trampled over the Constitution of India.
The BJP said it will launch a nationwide programme to mark the 21-month state of Emergency imposed on June 25, 1975, by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Bharatiya Janata Party's state president, Rajiv Bindal, criticised Congress on Monday and said that the party should stop instigating citizens in the name of the Constitution. He also said that Congress should first go through the history of June 25, the black day in the history of the natio
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday took a dig at the protest staged by the opposition coalition, INDIA bloc, holding the Constitution inside the Parliament premises.
Amid the Congress' allegations that the BJP government at the Centre is attacking the Constitution and raising questions about its safety, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant took a dig at the party on Monday and said that the Constitution was in danger during the tenure of the Congress.
The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha began today with various prominent leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, taking oaths as Members of Parliament.
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar supported the decision to appoint senior parliamentarian Bhartruhari Mahtab as pro-tem Speaker amid demands by the Congress to appoint K Suresh and said the Congress had imposed Emergency and should not talk about conventions.
Amid the row over the appointment of the pro-tem speaker, Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday slammed the INDIA bloc for holding a protest by carrying copies of the Constitution to the Parliament in the national capital.
Amid constant rants of opposition parties calming the country's constitution is in danger, JD(U) leader and Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan alias Lalan Singh rubbished such claims and said the opposition wants government intervention to refrain constitutional bodies from taking actions agains
Countering Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emergency remark, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge pointed out at the centre questioning how long they want to rule by talking about the emergency.
During his address, the Prime Minister extended his gratitude to the people of the country for their support and for trusting the government for the third consecutive time.