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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzad Poonawalla attacked Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and MP Sanjay Raut's remarks on the emergency on Saturday, stating that it is clear that the Congress party and the INDI alliance support the emergency rather than condemning it.
"Congress says they have apologised for emergency and asks why we talk about it, but today it is clear that Congress and INDI alliance support emergency and don't condemn it. Even Bhupesh Baghel had recently said that Indira Gandhi had the courage and therefore she imposed emergency...tomorrow if Congress and INDI alliance get another chance they will once again impose emergency," said Poonawalla. Speaking on the same, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said, "... I want to ask INDI bloc leaders, was the agitation under the leadership of Jaiprakash Narayan anarchy? I want to ask Lalu Prasad Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav, was his father Mulayam Singh a part of anarchy?..." Notably, defending the Emergency imposed by the Congress party in 1975, Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that if Atal Bihari Vajpayee had been the PM in a similar situation, then he would have also imposed the Emergency, adding that Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) openly supported the Emergency. The Government of India on Friday announced that June 25 will be remembered annually as "Constitution Murder Day" in remembrance of the Emergency declared by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975. Addressing a press conference, Sanjay Raut said that the Emergency was imposed as it was a matter of national security. "They have no work left. It has been 50 years, and people have forgotten the Emergency. Why was an Emergency imposed in this country? Some people want to spread anarchy in the country. An open announcement was made from Ramlila Maidan, our jawans, and army were told not to follow the orders of the government. So in such a situation, if Atal Bihari Vajpayee had been the Prime Minister, then he would have also imposed it. It was a matter of national security, some people were making bombs in the country and were exploding bombs at various places. I want to tell you that Amit Shah doesn't know anything about Emergency. Those who praise Bala Sahab Thackeray with fake Shiv Sena (Shinde) have extended his support to Emergency. Balasaheb Thackeray had openly supported the Emergency at that time. RSS also supported it," Sanjay Raut said. (ANI)
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