Until Rahul Gandhi’s unequivocal admission in 2021 that the Emergency was a mistake, no Congress leader had explicitly apologised for its imposition without qualifiers.
Bansi Lal, a trusted ally of Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi, was the face of the Emergency in Haryana. Kiran & Shruti Choudhry joined BJP from Congress before 2024 Assembly polls.
Some continued to wield political power even after the Emergency, others had their children enter politics & there are even those who retreated into the political wilderness.
Taking jibes at Congress at an event on the eve of the anniversary, the home minister announced 25 June will be observed annually as ‘Samvidhan Hatya Divas’.
A look at the events prior to the declaration of the Emergency reveals that it was the anti-Indira agitators, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, who brazenly acted against the Constitution.
In ‘The Conscience Network’, Sugata Srinivasaraju focuses on the pivotal role of the Indian diaspora in US in resisting Indira Gandhi’s authoritarian rule.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
The strange logic of “electoral victory omits past mistakes” is a uniquely amnesiac Congress way of handling politics. If returning to power in 1980 absolves the guilt of emergency, then the current government should also be forgiven for all its past misdemeanours before 2024. The fact is that the Congress was a avaricious, arrogant, unscrupulous and power crazy hegemon in its heyday. The current government is following its footsteps with the zeal of the convert. India is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
The strange logic of “electoral victory omits past mistakes” is a uniquely amnesiac Congress way of handling politics. If returning to power in 1980 absolves the guilt of emergency, then the current government should also be forgiven for all its past misdemeanours before 2024. The fact is that the Congress was a avaricious, arrogant, unscrupulous and power crazy hegemon in its heyday. The current government is following its footsteps with the zeal of the convert. India is stuck between a rock and a hard place.