As the Centre marks the 50th anniversary of the Emergency as 'Samvidhan Hatya Divas', Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma on Wednesday said that the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi turned the entire country into a prison in order to save her power.
Launching an attack against the DMK and Congress alliance, the statement said that DMK Chief Minister Stalin's alliance with the Congress party is a stark display of political opportunism. Given the Congress party's dark history of human rights abuses and loss of life during the Emergency, t
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.
Hitting out at the Congress party on the 50th anniversary of Emergency, BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal said that the 'Samvidhan Hatya Divas' has become a "waterloo" for the Congress party.
Noting that India is the mother of democracy, Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday slammed Congress for the imposition of Emergency in 1975 and said, "we overcame a dark chapter like the Emergency because our nation never bows down to dictatorship".
New Delhi [India], June 23: Imagine everything that could possibly go wrong in a stage production -- missed cues, collapsing sets, forgotten lines, and unconscious actors -- then multiply it by ten. That's exactly what you get with Harshvardhan Haveli Mein Hatya (or should it be Hasya!), the
Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar alleged that stones and shoes were thrown at him by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers during his visit to Budge Budge when he was returning after meeting an injured BJP worker.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday condemned the idea of observing June 25 as "Samvidhan Hatya Diwas" and said that she objected to the name. She questioned if democracy prevailed in the country under the current government.
Janata Dal (United) spokesperson KC Tyagi has praised the Government of India's decision to observe 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' but has called for further action to honor those affected by the Emergency declared on June 25, 1975.
The Delhi High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the Centre's notification designating June 25 as "Samvidhan Hatya Divas" (Constitutional Murder Day) on Friday.