No Indian will ever forget how spirit of Constitution was violated, Parliament muzzled: PM Modi on Emergency
The Prime Minister also slammed the then Congress government of Indira Gandhi for “placing democracy under arrest”
Calling it one of the darkest chapters of India’s democratic history, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the 50th year of the Emergency, said that no Indian would forget the manner in which the spirit of the Constitution was violated and the voice of Parliament muzzled.
“Today marks fifty years since one of the darkest chapters in India’s democratic history, the imposition of the Emergency. The people of India mark this day as Samvidhan Hatya Diwas. On this day, the values enshrined in the Indian Constitution were set aside, fundamental rights were suspended, press freedom was extinguished and several political leaders, social workers, students and ordinary citizens were jailed,” the Prime Minister wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
