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Country pushed into darkness in Emergency: M Venkaiah Naidu
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu has described Emergency as one of the darkest periods in India which could not be forgotten.Venkaiah Naidu was speaking at a function organised to mark the 42nd anniversary of imposing of Emergency at Mydam Anjaiah Function Hall here on Sunday. He said that the atrocities committed during the emergency should be made part of syllabus i
Hyderabad: Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu has described Emergency as one of the darkest periods in India which could not be forgotten.Venkaiah Naidu was speaking at a function organised to mark the 42nd anniversary of imposing of Emergency at Mydam Anjaiah Function Hall here on Sunday. He said that the atrocities committed during the emergency should be made part of syllabus in schools.
Recalling the day, “The intervening night between 25th and 26th June, 1975 was one of midnight knocks and arbitrary arrests of almost the entire opposition leadership. Destruction of personal liberty on such scale had not been seen since the British left. It is one of the painful memories that I carry is of the dreaded Emergency,”
he said. He said no one could forget June 25-26, 1975 when the nation was turned into a jail and bound with chains of Emergency for lust of power. JP described his agitation against Indira Gandhi government as ‘Second Freedom Struggle’. It was for restoration for civil liberties and rule of law, as our original freedom movement was for political emancipation. We are remembering the original freedom movement on its 70th anniversary this year,”
he said. The Minister said Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 was widely misused to arrest opposition leaders, student leaders and social activists. He recalled he was an ABVP activist during Emergency and he too was arrested and jailed. “This anniversary on Emergency is an occasion for all of us to rededicate ourselves to the task of further strengthening our democracy,” he added.
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said that atrocities were committed against people who opposed Emergency. He said that the officials who committed atrocities were rewarded with promotions when Indira Gandhi returned to power for the second time. The country was forced into darkness in the emergency.
Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatraya said that he was arrested in Bellampally on the allegations of destabilising Vengalrao government.
