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"&lt;p&gt;On the 46th anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said those &amp;quot;dark days&amp;quot; can never be forgotten and called for taking a pledge to strengthen India&amp;#39;s democratic spirit and live up to the values enshrined in the Constitution.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;This is how Congress trampled over our democratic ethos. We remember all those greats who resisted the Emergency and protected Indian democracy,&amp;quot; he tweeted while sharing a link about several draconian measures taken by the then Congress government.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;blockquote class=&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;&gt;\r\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;This is how Congress trampled over our democratic ethos. We remember all those greats who resisted the Emergency and protected Indian democracy. &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/hashtag/DarkDaysOfEmergency?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;#DarkDaysOfEmergency&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://t.co/PxQwYG5w1w&quot;&gt;https://t.co/PxQwYG5w1w&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&amp;mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1408281534876962816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;June 25, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;\r\n&lt;script async src=&quot;https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;The dark days of Emergency can never be forgotten. The period from 1975 to 1977 witnessed systematic destruction of institutions. Let us pledge to do everything possible to strengthen India&amp;#39;s democratic spirit, and live up to the values enshrined in our Constitution.&amp;quot; he said.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;blockquote class=&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;&gt;\r\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/hashtag/DarkDaysOfEmergency?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;#DarkDaysOfEmergency&lt;/a&gt; can never be forgotten. The period from 1975 to 1977 witnessed a systematic destruction of institutions.&lt;br /&gt;\r\n&lt;br /&gt;\r\nLet us pledge to do everything possible to strengthen India&amp;rsquo;s democratic spirit, and live up to the values enshrined in our Constitution.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&amp;mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1408281394673897475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;&gt;June 25, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;\r\n&lt;script async src=&quot;https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Other senior BJP leaders also hit out at the Congress with Home Minister Amit Shah saying the Congress &amp;quot;murdered&amp;quot; democracy on this day in 1975 for its lust and arrogance of power.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;div class=&quot;inside-also-read&quot;&gt;\r\n&lt;h3&gt;Also Read&lt;/h3&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;div class=&quot;owl-carousel inside-also-read-slide&quot;&gt;\r\n&lt;div class=&quot;inside-also-read-items&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://odishatv.in/news/covid-19/give-details-on-covid-deaths-hc-to-odisha-govt-62387&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Give Details On Covid Deaths: HC To Odisha Govt&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; layout=&quot;responsive&quot; src=&quot;https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_3/Odisha-High-Court_1624347677.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Give Details On Covid Deaths: HC To Odisha Govt&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;h4&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://odishatv.in/news/covid-19/give-details-on-covid-deaths-hc-to-odisha-govt-62387&quot;&gt;Give Details On Covid Deaths: HC To Odisha Govt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;\r\n&lt;a class=&quot;also-read-bd-more&quot; href=&quot;https://odishatv.in/news/covid-19/give-details-on-covid-deaths-hc-to-odisha-govt-62387&quot;&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;div class=&quot;inside-also-read-items&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://odishatv.in/news/education/cbse-board-exam-results-2021-board-gives-last-chance-for-verification-of-class-10-data-62041&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;CBSE Board Exam Results 2021: Board Gives Last Chance For Verification Of Class 10 Data&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; layout=&quot;responsive&quot; src=&quot;https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_3/icse_1620244607.jpg&quot; title=&quot;CBSE Board Exam Results 2021: Board Gives Last Chance For Verification Of Class 10 Data&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;h4&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://odishatv.in/news/education/cbse-board-exam-results-2021-board-gives-last-chance-for-verification-of-class-10-data-62041&quot;&gt;CBSE Board Exam Results 2021: Board Gives Last Chance For Verification Of Class 10 Data&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;\r\n&lt;a class=&quot;also-read-bd-more&quot; href=&quot;https://odishatv.in/news/education/cbse-board-exam-results-2021-board-gives-last-chance-for-verification-of-class-10-data-62041&quot;&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;div class=&quot;inside-also-read-items&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://odishatv.in/news/politics/congress-holds-11-hour-binika-bandh-over-paddy-procurement-mismanagement--62040&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Congress Holds 11-Hour Binika Bandh Over 'Paddy Procurement Mismanagement'&quot; height=&quot;225&quot; layout=&quot;responsive&quot; src=&quot;https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_3/IMAGE_1624597902.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Congress Holds 11-Hour Binika Bandh Over 'Paddy Procurement Mismanagement'&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;h4&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://odishatv.in/news/politics/congress-holds-11-hour-binika-bandh-over-paddy-procurement-mismanagement--62040&quot;&gt;Congress Holds 11-Hour Binika Bandh Over &amp;#39;Paddy Procurement Mismanagement&amp;#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;\r\n&lt;a class=&quot;also-read-bd-more&quot; href=&quot;https://odishatv.in/news/politics/congress-holds-11-hour-binika-bandh-over-paddy-procurement-mismanagement--62040&quot;&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\r\n&lt;/div&gt;\r\n&lt;/div&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Emergency was imposed to trample on voices that were raised against a family, he said, calling it a dark chapter in India&amp;#39;s democracy.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;BJP president J P Nadda paid tributes to those who fought against Emergency while suffering numerous atrocities.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;The Emergency was imposed by then prime minister Indira Gandhi for a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977, when curbs were imposed on the fundamental rights of people.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Gandhi lifted Emergency in 1977 and called for Lok Sabha elections in which the Congress was handed a crushing defeat, its first ever since the country&amp;#39;s Independence in 1947, by the combined opposition of the Janata Party.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n"
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