On the opposition’s demand to save the constitution, BJP played the emergency card and gave a reply by bringing a censure motion in the House

New Delhi: The ruling BJP, which has been facing allegations of attack on the Constitution and democracy for a long time, on Wednesday tried to hit back at the Congress by bringing a censure motion on the Emergency imposed in 1975 from the newly elected Speaker Om Birla in Parliament. On June 25, the country completed 49 years of Emergency. In such a situation, the BJP, which is facing allegations and attacks of attack on the Constitution and weakening the Constitution, decided to respond to these allegations in a very planned manner. On this issue, the ruling party was constantly aggressive, while the opposition was seen giving a measured response to it. When the Speaker moved the censure motion in the House, it was strongly opposed by the Congress. Congress MPs were seen standing up and protesting and raising slogans. The rest of the opposition parties stayed away from it. According to the Congress MP, during this time, Congress MPs were seen cornering the government on the issues of NEET, Manipur, unemployment, political arrests by ED, CBI and IT department, arrests of opposition leaders from the current CM, citing the undeclared emergency in the country for the last ten years.speaker’s censure motion
On the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, Lok Sabha passed a censure motion in the House amid uproar by opposition parties. In his/her motion, the Speaker said that this House strongly condemns the decision to impose Emergency in the country in 1975. Along with this, we appreciate the resolve of all those people who strongly opposed the Emergency, fought an unprecedented struggle and took the responsibility of protecting India’s democracy. That day of 25 June 1975 will always be known as a black chapter in the history of India. On this day, the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in the country and fiercely attacked the Constitution made by Baba Saheb Ambedkar. The Speaker said that dictatorship was imposed on the country by Indira Gandhi, India’s democratic values ​​were crushed and freedom of expression was strangled. During the Emergency, the rights of the citizens of India were destroyed, the citizens were robbed of their freedom.

This was the period when opposition leaders were put in jails, the entire country was turned into a prison. The then dictatorial government had imposed many restrictions on the media and also curbed the autonomy of the judiciary. Describing the Emergency as an ‘era of injustice’ and a ‘dark period’ in the history of the independent country, he/she said that the Congress government of that time took many such decisions which crushed the spirit of our Constitution. Referring to the arrests made under the MISA Act, he/she said that the then government ensured that our courts could not give justice to those arrested under MISA. Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Repeal Act, Press Council (Repeal) Act and Prevention of Publication of Objectionable Matter Act were introduced to prevent the media from writing the truth. It was during this dark period that the 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st and 42nd amendments were made in the Constitution. Not only this, the Speaker also observed two minutes silence in the House in memory of those who were killed during the Emergency period.

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After the proceedings of the House ended, Union ministers and NDA MPs protested on the steps of the Parliament House and raised slogans against the Congress for imposing emergency in the country and also demanded an apology. Union ministers Kiren Rijiju and Prahlad Joshi, who were leading the protest, demanded an apology from the Congress for imposing emergency. BJP and NDA MPs were seen raising slogans of ‘Congress shame on emergency’ and ‘apologize for emergency’ in the Parliament House premises with placards in their hands. Other MPs including Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnav, Prahlad Joshi, Kiren Rijiju and JDU’s Lallan Singh participated in the protest.

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BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said that it is necessary to show the mirror to those who talk about saving the Constitution and those who hold its copy in their hands. These are the same people who tried to erase the Constitution. That is why we are hearing this slogan – Rahul Gandhi ‘Apologize’. Union Minister Lallan Singh targeted the Congress and said that the party which tore the Constitution into pieces by imposing Emergency has no right to talk about protecting constitutional values. Whose (Rahul Gandhi’s) grandmother Indira Gandhi had imposed Emergency. What right does he/she have to talk about the Constitution today?

Modi-Shah also targeted
PM Modi also targeted Congress through social media regarding the Emergency. he/she wrote that I am happy that the Lok Sabha Speaker strongly condemned the Emergency, exposed the excesses committed during that time and also told how democracy was strangled. Keeping silence in respect of all the people who suffered during the Emergency was also a wonderful gesture. Modi wrote that the Emergency was imposed 50 years ago. But it is important for today’s youth to know about it, because it is an apt example of what happens when the Constitution is trampled, public opinion is suppressed and institutions are destroyed. The events during the Emergency gave an example of a dictatorship.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah wrote on social media that this resolution of Parliament has exposed the dictatorial mindset of the Congress, which centralized all the powers with one person, by making several sensitive amendments in the Constitution during the dark period of the Emergency. NDA constituent TDP MP and Union Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said on this issue that the Emergency is a dark day for a country like India. When the condemnation motion was being moved in the House regarding the Emergency, why was the opposition, especially the Congress, creating a ruckus? Why do they support it, do they want the Emergency to come back?

Response to mixed reviews
The opposition gave a measured response on this issue. SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav said that whatever happened in the name of emergency in the house today was a sham. During emergency, it was not only BJP and its leaders who went to jail, many people including Samajwadi Party went to jail. But the question is how much and for how long will we look back. Will we keep on talking about old things. he/she also clearly denied the talk of opposition disintegrating. A big leader of a constituent party of NDA, on condition of anonymity, said that today was the election of the speaker, it was in no way appropriate to bring this censure motion on emergency.

Why was this step taken?
BJP, which is constantly facing allegations of attack on the constitution and democracy from the opposition, recently fell short of full majority due to the issue of constitution, seeing which BJP feels that it should counter the allegations being levelled against it. The way opposition MPs read oath with copies of the constitution in their hands in the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, the ruling party was on the back foot somewhere. In such a situation, after the Speaker’s election was completed without any hindrance, the ruling party passed a censure motion on the Emergency in the House after careful consideration. However, a glimpse of the government and BJP’s intention to counterattack the main opposition on the Emergency was visible when PM Modi reprimanded the Congress on the Emergency at the beginning of the session. It is clear from Wednesday’s incident that this series of confrontations will continue in the House.