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Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas Current Affairs
To observe 25th June as
Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas will
serve as a reminder of what
happened when the Constitution
of India was trampled over. It
is also a day to pay homage
to each and every person who
suffered due to the excesses of the
Emergency, a Congress unleashed
dark phase of Indian history.
Now it is impossible to impose
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
emergency like in 1975
any society or system, rules, laws, and regulations.
It also embodies in itself rights and duties. The Many provisions of the Constitution were
beauty of India is that any citizen can proudly say changed during the Emergency which was later
that, apart from laws and rules, democracy is our corrected during the time of Morarji Desai's
sanskar (values), our culture, and our heritage and government. This is important because the
42nd Amendment that was brought during
we have grown up with it. During the emergency, the Emergency, which reduced the powers of
people painfully felt the absence of democracy. the Supreme Court and had other provisions
As a result of this, in the general elections of 1977 that violated our democratic values - were
people sacrificed their self interest in protecting restored through the 44th Amendment. In this
democracy. Every person had voted only to protect amendment, it was also provided that the
democracy without caring about their rights and fundamental rights given under Articles 20 and
needs. From the rich to the poor, everyone had 21 of the Constitution cannot be violated even
expressed their decision in one voice. during the Emergency. For the first time in the
country, such a system was made that the
In the words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “To President would declare an emergency only on
explain the importance of faith in democracy, it is the written recommendation of the cabinet, and
necessary to remind how democracy was attacked. it was also decided that the period of emergency
This is not to say bad things about anyone. At that cannot be extended for more than six months
time, when the media was locked down, everyone at a time. In this way, the Morarji government
thought that the police would come and arrest ensured that an emergency in the country like
them. In such a situation, see the capability of 1975 could never be repeated.
Certainly, the new generation of the country
the citizens of my country, and see their strength should be aware of the events of emergency
- rising above caste, creed, sect, the country voted because it is the strength of the people of
for democracy and reestablished democracy. This India that democracy is safe. This feeling of
is the power of the voters of my country.” democracy spread in every vein of the people
No democracy-loving Indian can forget that night is the immortal heritage of India. Samvidhaan
of 25 June 1975. When the country was turned into Hatya Diwas will remind us every year to
a prison, an attempt was made to suppress the strengthen this heritage.
voice of opposition. Eminent leaders of the country
including Jayaprakash Narayan were put in jail.
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