Lok Sabha New Speaker / Birla lashed out on emergency in Lok Sabha, two minutes silence was observed... Opposition created ruckus

Lok Sabha New Speaker: After being elected Speaker of Lok Sabha, MPs congratulated Om Birla. At the same time, a motion on emergency was presented in the Lok Sabha today. During this, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla strongly condemned the Emergency imposed in the year 1975 and lashed out at the Congress. At the same time, two minutes of silence was observed in the House. Meanwhile, the opposition created a ruckus. Om Birla said that this House strongly condemns the decision to impose emergency in the country in 1975. Along with this, we appreciate the resolve of all those people who strongly opposed the emergency, fought an unprecedented struggle and took the responsibility of protecting the democracy of India.

He said that that day of 25 June 1975 will always be known as a black chapter in the history of India. On this day, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed emergency in the country and fiercely attacked the Constitution made by Baba Saheb Ambedkar. India is recognized all over the world as the mother of democracy. Democratic values ​​and debates have always been promoted in India, democratic values ​​have always been protected, they have always been encouraged. In such a situation, dictatorship was imposed on India by Indira Gandhi, India's democratic values ​​were crushed and freedom of expression was strangled.

The Lok Sabha Speaker said that during the Emergency, the rights of the citizens of India were destroyed, the citizens' freedom was snatched away. This was the period when opposition leaders were put in jails, the entire country was turned into a prison. The then dictatorial government had imposed many restrictions on the media and also curbed the autonomy of the judiciary. That time of Emergency was an unjust period, a dark period in the history of our country. After imposing the Emergency, the Congress government of that time took many such decisions, which worked to crush the spirit of our Constitution.

‘The principles of democracy were attacked’

He said that by changing the cruel and ruthless Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA), the Congress party ensured that our courts could not give justice to those arrested under MISA. Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Repeal Act, Press Council (Repeal) Act and Prevention of Publication of Objectionable Matter Act were introduced to prevent the media from writing the truth. It was during this dark period that the 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st and 42nd amendments were made in the Constitution. The aim of these amendments made by the Congress government was to bring all the power to one person, control the judiciary and eliminate the basic principles of the Constitution. By doing this, the rights of the citizens were suppressed and the principles of democracy were attacked.

Om Birla said that the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi also talked about committed bureaucracy and committed judiciary, which is an example of her anti-democratic attitude. The emergency brought with it such horrific policies filled with antisocial and dictatorial spirit, which destroyed the lives of the poor, Dalits and the deprived. During the emergency, people had to bear the brunt of compulsory sterilization forcibly imposed by the Congress government, arbitrariness in the name of removing encroachment in cities and the government's policies. This House wants to express condolences to all those people.

'The dark period from 1975 to 1977'

He said that the dark period from 1975 to 1977 is a period in itself, which reminds us of the principles of the Constitution, the federal structure and the importance of judicial independence. This period reminds us how all these were attacked at that time and why their protection is necessary. At a time when we are entering the 50th year of the Emergency, this 18th Lok Sabha reiterates its commitment to uphold, protect and preserve the Constitution created by Baba Saheb Ambedkar.

The Lok Sabha Speaker said that we are also committed to keep the principles of democracy in India, the rule of law in the country and the decentralization of powers intact. We appreciate the faith of the people of India in constitutional institutions and their unprecedented struggle, which ended the Emergency, and once again established constitutional rule. It was on this day in 1975, 26 June, that the country woke up facing the cruel realities of the Emergency. It was on this day in 1975 that the then Cabinet had done a post-facto ratification of the Emergency, approving this dictatorial and unconstitutional decision, so to reiterate our commitment to our parliamentary system and this second independence obtained after countless sacrifices, it is necessary to pass this resolution today.

‘Citizens' lives were ruined’

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla further said that we also believe that our young generation must know about this dark chapter of democracy. During the Emergency, countless people had to suffer due to illegal arrests and government harassment, their families had to bear unlimited suffering. Emergency had ruined the lives of so many citizens of India, so many people died. We observe two minutes of silence in memory of such dutiful and patriotic citizens of India who lost their lives at the hands of the dictatorial government of Congress during that dark period of Emergency.