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The Central government declared June 25 as ‘Constitution Murder Day’. Home Minister Amit Shah announced in a social media post on Friday, July 12. The notification regarding this decision has also been issued by the government.
NEW DELHI: The Central government declared June 25 as ‘Constitution Murder Day’. Home Minister Amit Shah announced in a social media post on Friday, July 12. The notification regarding this decision has also been issued by the government.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Shah said, “On 25 June 1975, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, showing her dictatorial mindset, strangled the soul of Indian democracy by imposing emergency in the country. Lakhs of people were jailed without any reason and the voice of the media was suppressed.”
The post further said that “the Government of India has decided to observe 25 June every year as ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas’, to remind us of the immense contribution of all those people who suffered the inhuman pain of the Emergency of 1975.”
Shah labeled the period as a ‘dark phase’ and emphasized the significant impact on Indian history when the Constitution was trampled upon by the Congress party.
In response, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked, “Observing June 25 as Constitution Murder Day will remind us of what transpired on that day and how India’s Constitution was crushed. This was a dark period brought by the Congress.”
Meanwhile, the Congress party criticized the government’s decision as a move to garner headlines. Congress leader Jayaram Ramesh commented, “This decision is another attempt by the non-biological Prime Minister to gather headlines, who imposed an undeclared emergency for ten years. Subsequently, the people of India delivered a decisive personal, political, and moral defeat on June 4, 2024, which will be remembered in history as Modi Liberation Day.”
PM Modi had earlier remarked that those who imposed the emergency have no right to express love for the Constitution.
This year marked the 49th anniversary of the Emergency imposed in the country for 21 months starting from June 25, 1975. President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed had signed the orders of Emergency on the request of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
