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Citing ‘national security’ and curbing ‘anarchy’ in India, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday defended the 1975 Emergency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Speaking on 25 June, which will be observed as Samvidhan Hatya Divas in remembrance of the 1975 Emergency, Raut slammed the BJP, saying, \u201cThey (BJP) have no work left.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He further said that it has been 50 years, and people have forgotten the Emergency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Also Read: Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas: Congress, other Opposition parties slam govt; \u2019will serve as a reminder\u2019, says PM Modi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Shiv Sena leader added that the Emergency was imposed in this country because Some people wanted to spread anarchy. \u201cAn open announcement was made from Ramlila Maidan, our jawans; the army was told not to follow the orders of the government… So in such a situation, if Atal Bihari Vajpayee had been the Prime Minister, he would have also imposed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n#WATCH<\/a> | On June 25 to be observed as Samvidhan Hatya Divas in remembrance of the 1975 Emergency, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut says, “They have no work left. It has been 50 years, people have forgotten the Emergency. Why was Emergency imposed in this country? Some people\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/2C6I19kDMr<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n
\nRaut said, \u201cIt was a matter of national security; some people were making bombs in the country and were exploding bombs at various places… Shiv Sena leader Balasaheb Thackeray openly supported the Emergency in 1975. He openly supported Indira Gandhi. She was welcomed in Mumbai. He supported the emergency because he felt the anarchy in the country needed to be controlled. What was wrong with that?… What happened in 10 years of BJP rule will be remembered. They are also not the saviours of the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n#WATCH<\/a> | On June 25 to be observed as Samvidhan Hatya Divas in remembrance of the 1975 Emergency, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut says, “… Shiv Sena leader Balasaheb Thackeray openly supported Emergency in 1975. He openly supported Indira Gandhi. She was welcomed in Mumbai.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/QvDXchBNHU<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n
\nCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the government’s decision to designate June 25, the day Emergency was declared in 1975, as ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas’, calling it another “headline-grabbing exercise in hypocrisy” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kharge also accused the BJP of disrespecting Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar by associating the word \u201cmurder\u201d with the revered term \u201cConstitution\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nAlso Read: Emergency, 49 years on: How Indian and foreign newspapers covered the nation\u2019s darkest chapter in 1975 | A flashback<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cFrom now on, every year on 8th November, people of India will celebrate ‘Aajivika Hatya Diwas (Livelihood Killing Day)’. Its gazette notification will also be issued soon,\u201d Ramesh said in another post on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nCongress General Secretary (In-charge, Communications), Jairam Ramesh said, \u201cYet another headline-grabbing exercise in hypocrisy by the non-biological PM who had imposed an undeclared Emergency for ten long years before the people of India handed him a decisive personal, political, and moral defeat on June 4, 2024 – which will go down in history as Modi Mukti Diwas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nYet another headline grabbing exercise in hypocrisy by the non-biological PM who had imposed an undeclared Emergency for ten long years before the people of India handed him a decisive personal, political, and moral defeat on June 4, 2024 – which will go down in history as\u2026<\/p>\n