Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Tuesday said that during the emergency period, people suffered a lot adding that it is important to be aware of the history of our country and the Constitution.
Earlier, Prime Minister Modi in sharp criticism of the Congress said that the dark days of the Emergency are a reminder of how the Congress Party trampled over the Constitution of India.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said that the night of June 25, 1975, came as a thunderbolt for this country as people were put in jail and the press was also banned.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday that fifty years ago, Congress, under the leadership of Indira Gandhi, "conspired to destroy" the Constitution and democracy by imposing an Emergency in the country.
Speaking to ANI on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, Choubey said, "...The spark of Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan's 1974 movement was ignited in Bihar...People like us were the fighters of the student movement in Bihar at that time and the Student Struggle Committee called for a movem
Terming the Emergency as the "black day", Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the Constitution of the country is very important for the Bharatiya Janta Party-led National Democratic Alliance.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi unleashed ruthless atrocities on the people of India during the Emergency.
The Emergency, which is considered to be one of the most controversial periods of independent India's history, was imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from June 25, 1975, to 1977.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, on the 49th anniversary of the Emergency, called for the Congress party to apologize to the nation, echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks.
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.