‘Supposed to maintain judiciary enslaved’: PM Modi remembers imposition of Emergency in Mann ki Baat; performs archival audios of Morarji Desai, Atal Bihari Vajpayee | India Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled the Emergency imposed 50 years in the past, calling it one of many darkest chapters in India’s democratic historical past in his month-to-month Mann ki Baat tackle.Referring to the Emergency imposed in 1975, PM Modi mentioned, “Those that imposed Emergency not solely murdered the spirit of the Structure but in addition tried to suppress the judiciary as puppets.“He mentioned the nation marked 50 years because the Emergency was imposed just a few days in the past and noticed it as ‘Samvidhan Hatya Divas’. “We should keep in mind those that bravely fought in opposition to Emergency. This evokes us to stay vigilant to safeguard our Structure,” he mentioned.Through the tackle, the Prime Minister additionally performed archival audio recordings of speeches by leaders equivalent to Morarji Desai, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Jagjivan Ram, who had recounted the atrocities confronted by folks in the course of the Emergency interval.The Emergency was declared on June 25, 1975, and lasted 21 months till March 1977. It was marked by the suspension of civil liberties, press censorship, and widespread arrests of political leaders.