"Today is 27th June. The imposition of Emergency on 25th June, 1975, was the biggest and darkest chapter of direct attack on the Constitution. The entire country felt outraged. But the country emerged victorious over such unconstitutional forces as the traditions of the republic lie at the core of India," President Droupadi Murmu said in her opening address to a joint sitting of Parliament, amid cheers from the treasury benches and protests by the Opposition.
The President바카라s veiled attack on the opposition 바카라 although she didn바카라t name any political party 바카라 over Emergency came a day after Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla issued a statement condemning the same. From top political functionaries including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to BJP Chief JP Nadda, the saffron party has taken turns this week in condemning the Indira Gandhi-imposed Emergency. In fact, since June 25, the BJP has been marking 50 years of the imposition of the Emergency with various programmes. The issue also seems to be dominating the Parliament session this time.
The remarks by the President drew sharp criticism from the Opposition who dismissed it as a speech 바카라scripted by the government바카라 and 바카라full of lies바카라. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said in a post on X: 바카라Listening to the President's address written by the Modi government felt like Modi Ji is trying every possible way to deny the public mandate. The mandate was against him because the people of the country rejected his slogan of "crossing 400" and kept the BJP away from the figure of 272.바카라 They further alleged that there is an 바카라undeclared emergency바카라 in the country and the Constitution is being attacked under the Modi government.
Outlook editor Chinki Sinha wrote in the 21 June, 2024 issue on how the little red book 바카라 the Constitution of India 바카라 was the ultimate winner in the recently-concluded election. 바카라The little red book that the Bharatiya Janata Party바카라s (BJP) Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed was the Chinese Constitution, which Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress waved at a rally in May, is a remedy against anything that tries to divide us as people,바카라 she wrote.
BJP바카라s anti-Emergency campaign is in fact, a counter to Opposition바카라s aforementioned poll narrative woven around the 바카라threat to Constitution바카라. The opposition bloc, led a sustained campaign against the BJP, claiming its 바카라400 paar바카라 slogan indicated it wants to 바카라change the Constitution바카라. Several opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Sasikanth Senthil, Chandrashekhar Azad held copies of the Constitution in their hand while taking oath as MPs.
In response, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Those who imposed the Emergency have no right to profess their love for our Constitution. These are the same people who have imposed Article 356 on innumerable occasions, got a Bill to destroy press freedom, destroyed federalism and violated every aspect of the Constitution.바카라 Although Modi won a third term, his party was only able to form the government with the help of allies. It remains to be seen how he would head a coalition government, with lesser members from his own party than before.
The back-to-back condemnations of Emergency by the BJP isn바카라t new. The saffron party has continued to use the anti-Emergency narrative as one of its strongest weapons against Congress over the last few decades. In fact, during an interview with the Indian Express, LK Advani, one of the founders of BJP, explained how the party found place in history during the Emergency. 바카라The Partition was British guilt," he said. "The Emergency is ours.바카라
