Glad That Speaker Strongly Condemned Emergency, Highlighted Excesses: PM Modi
Delhi/Hyderabad, June 26 (Maxim News): Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for his condemnation of the Emergency in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and said it was a wonderful gesture to stand in silence in honor of all those who suffered during those days.
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Birla reached out a resolution condemning the emergency in the Lok Sabha, shortly after he was elected speaker, and flayed the then-government headed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
a large number of MPs stood in silence for a few moments amid protests by Congress MPs and some other opposition members.
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Modi said in a post on X, “I am glad that the Honourable Speaker strongly condemned the Emergency, highlighted the excesses committed during that time, and also mentioned how democracy was strangled.” The Emergency was imposed 50 years ago but today’s youth needs to know about it because it remains a fitting example of what happens when the Constitution is trampled over, public opinion is stifled and institutions are destroyed, he added.
The happenings during the Emergency exemplified what a dictatorship looks like, Modi said. (Maxim News)
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