New Delhi: Top leaders took to twitter to 'pay homage to the greats' and called for 'safeguarding democracy' on Tuesday, which marks 44 years since Emergency was declared in India.
Emergency was imposed in India from June 25, 1975 to March 21, 1977.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to all "those greats" who resisted the Emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on this day in 1975 and said democracy had prevailed over authoritarianism.
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India salutes all those greats who fiercely and fearlessly resisted the Emergency.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 25, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
India’s democratic ethos successfully prevailed over an authoritarian mindset. pic.twitter.com/vUS6HYPbT5
">India salutes all those greats who fiercely and fearlessly resisted the Emergency.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 25, 2019
India’s democratic ethos successfully prevailed over an authoritarian mindset. pic.twitter.com/vUS6HYPbT5India salutes all those greats who fiercely and fearlessly resisted the Emergency.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 25, 2019
India’s democratic ethos successfully prevailed over an authoritarian mindset. pic.twitter.com/vUS6HYPbT5
BJP's working President JP Nadda said in a tweet that the Emergency period was a "black blot".
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वर्ष 1975 में, आज के दिन निहित राजनीतिक स्वार्थों की पूर्ति के लिए तत्कालीन सरकार द्वारा की गयी आपातकाल की घोषणा, भारत के महान लोकतंत्र पर काला धब्बा है।
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) June 25, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
मैं नमन करता हूँ, उन सत्याग्रहियों को जिन्होंने मज़बूती से इस अंधकाल में लोकतंत्र की आग को जलाये रखा था। pic.twitter.com/W9F8Q27ikE
">वर्ष 1975 में, आज के दिन निहित राजनीतिक स्वार्थों की पूर्ति के लिए तत्कालीन सरकार द्वारा की गयी आपातकाल की घोषणा, भारत के महान लोकतंत्र पर काला धब्बा है।
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) June 25, 2019
मैं नमन करता हूँ, उन सत्याग्रहियों को जिन्होंने मज़बूती से इस अंधकाल में लोकतंत्र की आग को जलाये रखा था। pic.twitter.com/W9F8Q27ikEवर्ष 1975 में, आज के दिन निहित राजनीतिक स्वार्थों की पूर्ति के लिए तत्कालीन सरकार द्वारा की गयी आपातकाल की घोषणा, भारत के महान लोकतंत्र पर काला धब्बा है।
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) June 25, 2019
मैं नमन करता हूँ, उन सत्याग्रहियों को जिन्होंने मज़बूती से इस अंधकाल में लोकतंत्र की आग को जलाये रखा था। pic.twitter.com/W9F8Q27ikE
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh took to Twitter to highlight how it was one of the darkest chapters in the history of the country.
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The declaration of Emergency on June 25, 1975 and the incidents that followed, mark as one of the darkest chapters in India’s history.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) June 25, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
On this day, we the people of India should always remember the importance of upholding the integrity our institutions and the Constitution.
">The declaration of Emergency on June 25, 1975 and the incidents that followed, mark as one of the darkest chapters in India’s history.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) June 25, 2019
On this day, we the people of India should always remember the importance of upholding the integrity our institutions and the Constitution.The declaration of Emergency on June 25, 1975 and the incidents that followed, mark as one of the darkest chapters in India’s history.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) June 25, 2019
On this day, we the people of India should always remember the importance of upholding the integrity our institutions and the Constitution.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah recalled how newspapers were shut and citizens of the country were deprived of their fundamental rights.
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1975 में आज ही के दिन मात्र अपने राजनीतिक हितों के लिए देश के लोकतंत्र की हत्या की गयी। देशवासियों से उनके मूलभूत अधिकार छीन लिए गए, अखबारों पर ताले लगा दिए गए। लाखों राष्ट्रभक्तों ने लोकतंत्र को पुनर्स्थापित करने के लिए अनेकों यातनाएं सहीं।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 25, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
मैं उन सभी सेनानियों को नमन करता हूं। pic.twitter.com/XzRc4vEdJS
">1975 में आज ही के दिन मात्र अपने राजनीतिक हितों के लिए देश के लोकतंत्र की हत्या की गयी। देशवासियों से उनके मूलभूत अधिकार छीन लिए गए, अखबारों पर ताले लगा दिए गए। लाखों राष्ट्रभक्तों ने लोकतंत्र को पुनर्स्थापित करने के लिए अनेकों यातनाएं सहीं।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 25, 2019
मैं उन सभी सेनानियों को नमन करता हूं। pic.twitter.com/XzRc4vEdJS1975 में आज ही के दिन मात्र अपने राजनीतिक हितों के लिए देश के लोकतंत्र की हत्या की गयी। देशवासियों से उनके मूलभूत अधिकार छीन लिए गए, अखबारों पर ताले लगा दिए गए। लाखों राष्ट्रभक्तों ने लोकतंत्र को पुनर्स्थापित करने के लिए अनेकों यातनाएं सहीं।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 25, 2019
मैं उन सभी सेनानियों को नमन करता हूं। pic.twitter.com/XzRc4vEdJS
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said lessons must be learnt from history and fight to safeguard the democratic institutions.
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Today is the anniversary of the #Emergency declared in 1975. For the last five years, the country went through a ‘Super Emergency’. We must learn our lessons from history and fight to safeguard the democratic institutions in the country
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) June 25, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Today is the anniversary of the #Emergency declared in 1975. For the last five years, the country went through a ‘Super Emergency’. We must learn our lessons from history and fight to safeguard the democratic institutions in the country
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) June 25, 2019Today is the anniversary of the #Emergency declared in 1975. For the last five years, the country went through a ‘Super Emergency’. We must learn our lessons from history and fight to safeguard the democratic institutions in the country
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) June 25, 2019
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called for a resolution to never allow repetition of an Emergency-like situation in the country.
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This very day 34 years ago India witnessed one of the biggest assault on its democracy with the imposition of emergency by the then Prime Minister.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 25, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
Let us resolve never to allow repetition of subversion of the Constitution of this great democracy.
">This very day 34 years ago India witnessed one of the biggest assault on its democracy with the imposition of emergency by the then Prime Minister.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 25, 2019
Let us resolve never to allow repetition of subversion of the Constitution of this great democracy.This very day 34 years ago India witnessed one of the biggest assault on its democracy with the imposition of emergency by the then Prime Minister.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 25, 2019
Let us resolve never to allow repetition of subversion of the Constitution of this great democracy.
