Modi government recounts dark days of emergency, blasts Cong |
In honour of the people who resisted the Emergency, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted a montage. Emergency was imposed in India by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on June 25 in 1975. He tweeted “India salutes all those greats who fiercely and fearlessly resisted the Emergency. India`s democratic ethos successfully prevailed over an authoritarian mindset." In the nearly one-and-a-half minute montage titled `The Story of Emergency`, PM Modi is heard narrating a brief history of the day when rights and freedom of the press were curtailed in the country by Indira Gandhi. The montage includes clips of the police arresting people, political leaders in jail and protests on the streets. In July last year, the Congress had said Indira Gandhi herself ended the Emergency and apologised for the excesses. "It was Indira Gandhi who lifted the Emergency and ensured free and fair elections. She accepted the verdict of the people with humility and respect in an election in which she herself lost."
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