New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday tore into Congress for the Emergency imposed in the country in 1975. Slamming the party for having compromised democracy, he said that the youth in the country should be aware of what had happened.
Attacking the Gandhi family and choosing to not mince his words, PM Modi said the Emergency was imposed for the benefit of a select few. “The greed of staying in power was such that democracy was sacrificed. Political leaders who were widely respected were put behind bars. It was all done so that one family, the Gandhi family, could benefit,” he said. “The judiciary was compromised, an impeachment motion was brought in as well. Anyone who tried to oppose only had jail to go to.”
Cautioning his fellow countrymen against any move by opposition parties to bring back days of Emergency, PM Modi said that BJP’s idea is not to solely attack Congress. “We want the youth in the country to know all that had happened during the Emergency years. We are not observing black day (on the anniversary of the imposition of Emergency) to criticize Congress but to make people aware,” said PM Modi.
PM Modi also warned that those who defy democracy cannot be caretakers of the Constitution. “There was opposition then like there is opposition now. I salute those who raised their voices against what they felt was wrong at the time. And then there were those who were asked to bend but chose to surrender.”
Bureau Report
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