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.
On the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Emergency, Delhi BJP president Virendraa Sachdeva called it the "darkest chapter" in India's democracy. An exhibition at Connaught Place aims to educate youth about Congress's alleged assault on democratic values.
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".
Pawan Khera called Nishikant Dubey a "quack" and urged the media not to pay attention to him. Taking a dig at Nishikant Dubey, the Congress leader said that he is not even a student from "WhatsApp University" but of "WhatsApp Nursery". Khera further asked Dubey to go to the Prime Minister's
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey targeted former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, alleging that she signed the Shimla Agreement between India and Pakistan under the pressure of the United States.
A special flight from Iran carrying 290 Indians, including students and religious pilgrims, landed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport late Friday night, as part of Operation Sindhu, India's ongoing mission to evacuate citizens amid the escalating Israel-Iran conflict.
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday reminded the gathering of a critical historical episode, namely the Emergency, saying, "Today I am reflecting on an incident, which comes as a sad anniversary within seven days."
In a post on X, Dubey said, "Iron Lady Indira Ji, Jairam Ramesh Ji, for your information, in 1971 when Indira Gandhi Ji reached Washington to meet the US President Nixon, President Nixon made her sit in his waiting room for 1 hour."
More than 500 individuals pedalled for fitness and a fight against obesity here at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on the occasion of 'Father's Day', which is celebrated globally on the third Sunday of June, apart from indulging in activities like zumba, yoga and rope skipping.