New Delhi:
Remembering the emergency period in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized the Government of Congress on Thursday for imprisoning and prohibiting the work of multiple people who protested against the ruling government at that time.
“The country has also seen an emergency. How the spirit of the Constitution was crushed, and only to maintain power, the country knows it. During the emergency, the famous Dev Anand artist was asked to show that he supports the emergency, and He refused.
The emergency was imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on June 25, 1975 and lasted until March 21, 1977.
Prime Minister Modi also criticized former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who served as prime minister from August 15, 1947 until January 26, 1950, for imprison A protest in Mumbai.
“It was the first government (after independence), Nehru was prime minister; then in Mumbai, the workers had a strike, a famous Majrooh Sultanpuri sang a song, ‘Commonwealth Ka Daas Hai’, sang this. Singing a song, But Nehru Ji put the famous poet in jail, “said Prime Minister Modi.
Accusing the Congress party of “destroying the spirit of the manufacturers of the Constitution”, also pointed out how the press was attacked with taxes to suppress the dissent.
“They (Congress) should have respected the manufacturers of the Constitution, but instead, just after independence, Congress destroyed its spirit. One can imagine that even when there was no chosen government and only a stop agreement, stop agreement, They still continued and modified the Constitution, “PM Modi added.
He compared the era of Congress with the current government led by the NDA, stating that the center is committed to respecting the vision of the Constituent Assembly.
“I can say with satisfaction that we are advancing taking into account the aspirations and feelings of the manufacturers of the Constitution. Some people might think, what is this UCC, UCC that they bring? But those who read the debates of the Constituent Assembly, Will Will Know that we just try to bring the same feelings here, “he said.
In the midst of protests and interruptions of opposition banks, the prime minister continued: “They crushed freedom of expression. In the newspapers, in the press, taxes were made and then a ‘Democrat’ label was made. One of the pillars Important from democracy, they tried to crush that.
Prime Minister Modi also mentioned other prominent figures that were prohibited from Akashvani or imprisoned, including actor Balraj Sahni and Hridaynath Mangeshkar, the brother of the late singer can Mangeshkar.
“Famous actor, Balraj Sahani had joined the people who did the Andolan, and that’s why they also put him in jail. Lata mangeshkar’s brother, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, had tried to get a poem about Veer Savarkar in Akashvani. This, Hridayanath Mangeshkar was expelled from Akashvani forever, “he said.
Speaking about the legendary singer Kishore Kumar, the prime minister declared that he was punished for refusing to sing songs with a praise of Congress.
He added: “Similarly, with Kishor Kumar, he refused to sing songs praising Congress, because his songs were also prohibited from Akashvani. Mr. Speaker, I can’t forget the moment of emergency … During the emergency, great people As George Fernandes were imprisoned, held in shackles. “
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