BJP: Emergency was imposed to save Indira Gandhi

New Delhi June 26 Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said that Emergency was imposed to save the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and was planned six-months in advance.

"The country witnessed a phase of cruelty at the season of Emergency in 1975 to spare the then Prime Minister of the nation, Indira Gandhi. It was pre-arranged a half year before the inconvenience," said Prasad.

He further recalled Dev Kant Barooha's trademark amid Emergency, "Indira tere naam ki jai, tere kaam ki jai, Indira tere subah ki jai, tere shaam ki jai."

Prasad also called crisis an 'illegal demonstration' including that the picture, personality and impressions of the Congress party keep on being affected by the crisis.

He said, "Nobody knew about the inconvenience of crisis. It was a totally illegal act on the grounds that in the upkeep of the inside security act you need to give grounds of open request aggravation."

"Emergency constituted an attack on all stages of democracy. Firstly on Indians, since a huge number of people were put behind bars under MISA (Maintenance of Internal Security Act )alone. Secondly, the press, and thirdly- compromising the dignity of the parliament," he added.

Prasad further said that he alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Arun Jaitley and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, among others, battled against Emergency as understudy activists for the opportunity of media, legal and people.

June 25 denotes the day when Indira Gandhi proclaimed a highly sensitive situation the nation over, which went on for a 21-month time span from 1975 to 1977.

Be that as it may, the BJP is watching the 43rd anniversary of this time period as a 'Black Day.'