Parliament Winter Session: Prime Minister Narendra Modi During the discussion on the Constitution in the Lok Sabha, he fiercely targeted the Congress. He said the Congress party “will not be able to wash away the sin of Emergency”. Referring to the national emergency imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975, PM Modi on Saturday said that when the Constitution was completing 25 years, it was torn because the rights of the citizens were taken away.
PM Modi said, “When the Constitution was completing 25 years, it was torn, emergency was imposed (in 1975), all constitutional rights were taken away and the country was turned into a prison. All the rights of the citizens were taken away.” And the media was tightened. Congress will never be able to wash off this stain.”
Gandhi family sharp attack
Attacking the Congress party, Prime Minister Modi said, “I expected a good debate on the Constitution, but some people decided to mourn their defeat.” Making his attack on the Gandhi family even sharper, the Prime Minister said that a family of Congress has left no stone unturned in damaging the Constitution.
What did PM Modi say about emergency?
In the lower house, Prime Minister Modi claimed, “A Congress family changed the Constitution to attack freedom of expression, it insulted the founders of the Constitution. Nehru wrote to the Chief Ministers to change the Constitution if it came in the way.” Should go.” Prime Minister Modi said the Gandhi family-led Congress government for years advocated a “committed judiciary” and even “punished” Justice HR Khanna who had given a verdict against Indira Gandhi’s decision during the Emergency.
Prime Minister Modi further said that Indira Gandhi followed the seed sown by Prime Minister Nehru in changing the Constitution and overturned the decision of the Supreme Court. Indira Gandhi clipped the wings of the courts through constitutional amendments to capture the judiciary.
