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BJP National President and Union Health Minister Shri JP Nadda recalled the emergency period and said that democracy is standing strongly today because of the sacrifices made at that time. He said there is no scope for democracy in the thinking of the Congress or in its working style. The BJP National President addressed the “Dark Days of Democracy” programme organized at BJP Headquarters in New Delhi on 25 June 2024 in protest against the Emergency imposed in 1975.
Shri Nadda said during the Emergency, prominent leaders including Morarji Desai, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani were put behind bars overnight for more than 19 months. He said they were imprisoned because they raised their voice to protect democracy. Saying that India is known as the mother of democracy, Shri Nadda criticized the Congress and said the Congress tried to strangulate the country’s democracy by imposing Emergency.
The BJP National President said the Congress leaders are talking about the Constitution but actually they should visit Rajghat and apologise to the nation as they have throttled the democracy. He said it is Congress which has toppled the elected government 90 times.
On the issue of election of Lok Sabha Speaker, the BJP President said the Congress wants to make the election of the Speaker conditional. He said in states like Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu where INDI Alliance is ruling, the position of Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the Assembly is held by the members of the ruling party.
Speaking to the Karyakartas on Emergency’s 49th anniversary Shri JP Nadda said, “I request all of you to meet those who have seen the emergency and try to know what the situation was… Because of the sacrifices made at that time, democracy is standing strongly today…”
He also recalled the Allahabad High Court’s decision where it found the then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi guilty over discrepancies in the electoral campaign. Later that day, the Supreme Court ruled that MP privileges no longer applied to Gandhi, who was barred from voting but allowed to continue as Prime Minister.
Earlier Shri Nadda took his X account and tweeted that those who claim to be the guardians of Indian democracy today had spared no efforts to suppress the voices raised in the defence of constitutional values. “During this period, those who today claim to be guardians of Indian democracy left no effort to suppress voices raised in defence of constitutional values. I am proud that our Party belongs to that tradition which resisted the Emergency tooth and nail and worked to protect democracy,” he added.