Indira Gandhi’s 1975 emergency a black day on country’s democracy

‘CRPF killing at Pampore unfortunate, PoK part of India, Withdraw security of Seperatist leaders’




Srinagar | June 26 : Terming this day as black day in India’s history after the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi misued her official position and imposed emergency in 1975 in the country, BJP senior leader and MLC Ramesh Arora said in this day all the rights of civil liberties and fundamental rights were snatched by declaring emergency in the country.

“It was an attempt to curtail rights of Judiciary including Supreme Court, Press sencership was imposed and all rights of public were suspended indefinitely,” Arora told a media gathering here, adding, countiry’s tall Leaders including – Atal Behari Vajpayee, Lal Krishan Advani, Chander Shekhar, Jai Prakash Narayan, Murarji Desai and many others were arrested.

The BJP leader said that in the state of Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was in the power and MISA (Maintenance of Internal Security Act) was misused and number of persons was arrested in this state also including Ramesh Arora, Dr Om Prakash Mengi, Master Dyanchad, Ramesh Papa, Devinder Shasri, Balnel Dev, Chaman Lal Gupta, Ashok Khajuria, Chander Mohan Sharma and many others.




“It was darconic chapter of the history and no one was allowed to say Anything against the government Police was given power to arrest any body without any warrant,” he said.
Terming yesterday incident painful incident in which as many as 10 CRPF Persons were killed and 20 injured at Pampore town. “We appeal the Government to withdraw security of CRPF and other local forces from the Separatist leaders those who have boycotted election in Anantnag where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti got victory,” he added.

Arora also said: “It is historical fact that J&K people have suffered a lot at the hands of successive governments and Pakistan occupied Kashmir. (PTK)