Emergency Flashpoint: In Big Move, Government To Mark June 25 As 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas'

Keeping up its attack on the Congress over the Emergency, the government announced on Friday that June 25 will be observed every year as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas. Making the announcement on X, Home Minister Amit Shah posted a gazette notification and wrote, "On June 25, 1975, the then PM Indira Gandhi, in a brazen display of a dictatorial mindset, strangled the soul of our democracy by imposing the Emergency on the nation. Lakhs of people were thrown behind bars for no fault of their own, and the voice of the media was silenced." PM Narendra Modi also posted on X and said the "day will serve as a reminder of the Constitution being trampled over". The Congress has hit back and accused the BJP of indulging in "yet another headline-grabbing exercise in hypocrisy". Going on the offensive, the BJP repeatedly brought up the Emergency to claim that it was the Congress that had violated the Constitution.