Watch out, Emergency mindset still alive: Dr Jitendra

In a fiery and fact-rich address at a Youth Parliament organised by BJP Yuva Morcha here, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh delivered a scathing critique of the Congress Party's historical deceit, elitist origins, and dynastic arrogance, warning the youth to remain vigilant and watch out against the "ever-morphing Emergency mindset" that is still alive and threatens the foundations of Indian democracy.

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"Don't Erase the Memory of Emergency - Remember Who Betrayed Democracy" Dr. Jitendra Singh urged the youth not to allow the Emergency era to fade from memory. "Don't be in a hurry to erase it," he warned, "lest you forget who were the elements and ideologies behind it. The Emergency wasn't an aberration - it was the natural culmination of Congress culture."

Revisiting history with precision, Dr. Jitendra Singh declared "The Emergency was not a spontaneous act of power hunger - it was the cumulative outcome of the Congress legacy since its inception in 1885."

He asserted that the Indian National Congress was not born as a freedom movement, but as an elitist club of retired British civil servants and Western-educated Indians.

"From 1885 to 1930, the Congress demanded only Home Rule - not Independence. They wanted British governors to remain, merely replacing white officers with brown sahibs," he said.

Dr. Jitendra Singh contrasted Bhagat Singh's defiance with Congress's calculated caution.

He reminded that it was only after Bhagat Singh's trial and public outrage that the Congress was forced to adopt a resolution demanding full independence - and even then, only in 1931. "They didn't lead the call for freedom. They were dragged into it by a restless India. They feared political irrelevance, not colonialism," he remarked.