The fact is that in 50 years, India’s democracy has swung between two extremes – from two years of the ‘darkest period’ to ten-plus years of the ‘deep-dark period.’
June 26, 2025, is the 50th anniversary of the infamous Emergency. As the anniversary year dawned in 2024, the top honchos of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who are the beneficiaries of that dark era, went ballistic.
While addressing the media at the Parliament House complex on the first day of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha on June 25, Modi said,“Today is a day to pay homage to all those great men and women who resisted the Emergency. The #DarkDaysOfEmergency reminds us of how the Congress Party subverted basic freedoms and trampled over the Constitution of India, which every Indian respects greatly…. Just to cling on to power, the then Congress Government disregarded every democratic principle and made the nation into a jail. Any person who disagreed with Congress was tortured and harassed….”
Other BJP leaders joined the band wagon. Anchoring his attack on the Emergency, Union home minister Amit Shah accused the arrogant and autocratic Congress government of “killing” democracy by suspending all kinds of civil rights in the country for 21 months for the sake of power of one family.
This was followed by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla leading the charge and moving a resolution condemning the Emergency. “The Emergency had destroyed the lives of so many citizens of India, so many people had died. This House strongly condemns the decision to impose Emergency in 1975. We appreciate the determination of all those people who opposed the Emergency, fought and fulfilled the responsibility of protecting India’s democracy… We also believe that our young generation must know about this dark chapter of democracy,” Birla said. Prime Minister Modi strongly endorsed this action of the Speaker and continued this onslaught in the Rajya Sabha. ….
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