BJP organises event to observe 50 years of Emergency
Pic: The BJP organised a special programme in Belagavi on Monday on the completion of 50 years since the imposition of the Emergency in the country
Belagavi: BJP organised a special programme on Monday to observe 50 years since the imposition of Emergency.
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MP Jagadish Shettar, MLC CT Ravi, and MLA Abhay Patil spoke at the programme.
Ravi said that 50 years ago, there were attempts to move away from democratic values by imposing a state of Emergency, which was declared for selfish reasons, to weaken the rights of the people, to control the judiciary, to take away the freedom of the Press, and for the suppression of human rights. "The Constitution reached a comatose state under the Congress dictatorship," he said, adding: "Those who massacred the Constitution shouldn't speak about it.
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge did not raise his voice then. It was Jan Sangh, RSS, and BJP who did it."
Shettar said the imposition of Emergency in India was an act of insulting the Constitution.
More than 10 dignitaries who were imprisoned during the Emergency were honoured on the occasion. The programme was conducted to create awareness among the people by reviving the 'dark history' of Congress.
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