"Indira Gandhi implemented Emergency to save her seat": Tripura BJP Chief Rajib Bhattacharjee
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 26 (ANI): Tripura BJP President Rajib Bhattacharjee has slammed the Congress over the 50th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency and said that the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the Emergency to save her seat.
'We are celebrating a black day. We know the then-PM, Indira Gandhi, implemented the Emergency to save her seat as PM. All the people, including leaders, media persons and even common people, were jailed and tortured...We are presenting what Indira Gandhi did against the Constitution of India,' Bhattacharjee told ANI.
On Wednesday, Rajib Bhattacharjee participated in a public meeting at the Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan, marking 50 years of the Emergency as 'Samvidhan Hatya Divas'.
Sharing the visuals on X, the Tripura BJP President wrote, 'Fifty years ago from today, during the cursed dark chapter of India's democracy, the 'Emergency,' the atrocities committed against the people are being brought before the next generation through an event organised by the Tripura Government's Information and Culture Department at the Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan, titled Samvidhan Hatya Divas.'
'I participated in its exhibition and discussion meeting,' the post read.
Earlier on Wednesday, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said that the emergency was an unbearable situation all over India and that everyone needs to be aware of it.
CM Saha said that such dark days should never return in the future, and everyone needs to learn from Prime Minister Narendra Modi about protecting democracy and respecting the Constitution.
The Chief Minister said this at a program titled 'Mock Parliament', which the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha organised at Sukanta Academy in Agartala.
'This will bring talented youth who can contribute to the country and the state. At that time, there was a turbulent political atmosphere during the 35 years of the CPM and the Congress-alliance era. But stability returned after our Bharatiya Janata Party government was established in Tripura. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat for about 13 years. After taking charge as Prime Minister in 2014, he showed how to run the country. Following him, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government is now running in about 20 states. Keeping in mind the Prime Minister's instructions and the thoughts of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Pandit Deen Dayal, we are also trying to move forward,' CM Manik Saha said. (ANI)
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