Janjivan Bureau
NEW DELHI: Commenting on 40 years of the Emergency today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today tweeted that a ‘vibrant liberal democracy is the key to progress.’ He exhorted the nation to do ‘everything possible to further strengthen our democratic ideals & ethos.’Emergency was one of the darkest periods in India and could not be forgotten.
In multiple tweets, PM Modi hailed all the people who resisted the Emergency and ‘immersed themselves in the movement’ spurred by the call of Jayaprakash Narayan, a valiant Janata Party leader.
“Nobody can forget June 25-26 when the nation was turned into a jail and bound with chains of Emergency for lust of power 40 years back,” the prime minister said at a function to launch development schemes.
PM Modi targeted the Congress, which was in power at the time, and said: “Let us do everything possible to further strengthen our democratic ideals and ethos.”
The ruling BJP has given special attention to the anniversary of the 1975 Emergency, when several opposition leaders were jailed by the then Congress government led by Indira Gandhi, and severe restrictions were imposed on the media.
PM Modi tweeted: “Personally, the Emergency brings back many memories. As youngsters, we learnt a lot during the anti-Emergency movement. Emergency was a great opportunity to work with a wide spectrum of leaders and organisations fighting for the same goal- return of democracy.”
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