Central Government / Big announcement of the Central Government- 25th June declared as 'Constitution Murder Day'

Central Government: The central government has declared 25 June as 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas'. Home Minister Amit Shah gave this information by posting on social media on Friday, July 12. The government has also issued a notification for this. Shah wrote, 'On June 25, 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 reason and the voice of the media was suppressed.'

PM called it a dark period, Congress said - another headline-grabbing exercise

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, 'Celebrating 25 June as Constitution Hatya Diwas will remind us of what happened on that day and how the Constitution of India was crushed. This was a dark period brought by the Congress in the history of India.'

On the other hand, the Congress called this decision of the government another headline-grabbing exercise. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, 'This is another headline-grabbing exercise by the non-biological Prime Minister, who imposed an undeclared emergency for ten years. After that, the people of India gave him a decisive personal, political and moral defeat on June 4, 2024 - which will be known in history as Modi Mukti Diwas.'

Why did the BJP need to take such a step?

During the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the BJP gave the slogan of crossing 400. After this, many BJP leaders had said that 400 seats are needed because the Constitution has to be changed. These included BJP leaders Anant Hegde, Lallu Singh and Arun Govil. After this, the opposition made an issue and said that if the BJP comes to power, it will change the Constitution. After this, PM Modi had to give clarification.

In April 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told in Sagar why he wants 400 seats. PM Modi had said in the Sagar meeting that Congress wants to give reservation on the basis of religion. Congress gave reservation on the basis of religion in Karnataka. It wants to implement the same formula in the whole country. Modi needs to cross 400 to stop stealing reservations of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs. PM Modi said that I have to protect the reservation of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs.

After this, the opposition accused the BJP of being anti-constitution. It said that if BJP comes to power, it will change the constitution. Experts say that this caused losses to the BJP in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana. The opposition protested every day on the constitution in the recent Parliament session. They raised the slogan of Save the Constitution. Most of the opposition MPs, including Rahul and Akhilesh, took oath holding a copy of the constitution.

Experts said - there will be no benefit in declaring a day

According to political expert Rashid Kidwai, the kind of mobilization that happened on the constitution before the elections has benefited the opposition. The opposition propagated that the government is going to tamper with the constitution and reservation by winning 400 seats. This made the BJP a little uncomfortable. To counter this, the government declared Samvidhan Hatya Diwas. So that those parties and leaders, who were once victims of the excesses of the Emergency, would feel uncomfortable in supporting the Congress.

Kidwai says that if the Emergency was bad, then the provision of Emergency should be removed from the Constitution. Just declaring a day will not be of any use. Even today, many things are being done against the intentions of the Constitution.

JDU said - We are with the government; Akhilesh said - Emergency is being imposed only in the Modi government

JDU leader KC Tyagi said, 'We appreciate this decision of the central government. During the Emergency, he also got a chance to go to jail. This also caused trouble to his family members.'

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said, 'In the last 10 years, this government has celebrated Samvidhan Hatya Diwas every day. You have snatched the self-respect of every poor and deprived section of the country every moment. He enumerated issues like humiliation of tribals in Madhya Pradesh, forced cremation of Dalit daughter in Hathras and asked if this is not the murder of the Constitution, then what is it? It does not sound good to talk about the Constitution from this government's mouth.'

Akhilesh Yadav said, 'BJP should tell which date it will choose for its dark days. 30 January should be celebrated as a joint day of 'Bapu Hatya Diwas' or 'Loktantra Hatya Diwas', because on this day BJP had rigged the mayoral elections in Chandigarh.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, the most emergency in the country is being imposed in the Modi government. This government will not last long. This government is not stable.'

PM had said - Those who impose emergency should not show love for the Constitution

This year on 25 June was the 49th anniversary of the Emergency. A day before this, on 24 June, in the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, opposition MPs took oath with a copy of the Constitution. The Prime Minister criticized the Congress for this. He wrote in a post on X that those who imposed emergency have no right to express love for the constitution.

PM Modi made four posts on X one after the other. He said that the mentality due to which emergency was imposed is still alive in this party. In response to this, Congress leader P Chidambaram said that the public has voted this time to save the country from another emergency. Our constitution itself has reminded the public to prevent another emergency from coming.

PM had mentioned emergency on the first day of the Parliament session

Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned emergency half an hour before the start of the Parliament session (24 June to 3 July). 25 June is a day not to be forgotten. On this day the Constitution was completely rejected. India was turned into a prison. Democracy was completely suppressed.

He had said that while protecting the democracy and democratic traditions of India, the countrymen will take a pledge that no one will ever dare to do such a thing in India again, which was done at that time. The new generation of India will never forget that the Constitution was completely rejected during the Emergency.