BJP MPs stage protest against Congress outside Parliament over ‘1975 Emergency’

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New Delhi, June 26 (ANI): BJP MPs staged a protest outside the Parliament over the 1975 Emergency. BJP MPs and NDA leaders protested and raised slogans at the Makar Dwar of the Parliament on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency. BJP MP Sambit Patra said, "The whole nation is protesting today. This day is important in the minds of the people of India. 49 years ago today, the Emergency was imposed by Indira Gandhi. Around one and a half lakh people were jailed. 42nd Amendment was brought into the onsitution of India. It is important to show the mirror to Rahul Gandhi who speaks about saving the Constitution." Union Minister Chirag Paswan said that the Emergency is a black spot in the history of India."The whole country was turned into a prison and dictatorship was imposed. The current and the coming generations must know about it," Paswan said. BJP MP Kangana Ranaut said the Congress needs to see its track record before claiming that the constitution was in danger.

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