Don’t whitewash ‘Emergency’ stigma, lest we forget it: Dr Jitendra

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh, in a searing address at a symposium held at Delhi Vidhan Sabha to mark 50 years of the imposition of Emergency, issued a clarion call to the nation "Don't whitewash the "Emergency" stigma, lest we forget it".

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The authoritarian mindset with scant regard for democratic values is still around, he said.

Dr. Jitendra Singh delivered a blistering critique of the Congress party, urging the people of India to "Never forget, never forgive." He warned "We must remember every stain - not to glorify it, but to remind future generations who betrayed democracy. If we erase Emergency’s memory, we risk reliving its horrors."

The Minister exposed the hypocrisy of the Congress, accusing the party of condemning true revolutionaries like Madan Lal Dhingra as early as in 1901, even as Veer Savarkar stood by him during his final moments.

"Unfortunately, Gandhi had also condemned Dhingra. Congress disowned the martyrs, and history must never forget that betrayal," he declared.

In a powerful takedown of the Congress's post-1930s jail narratives, Dr. Jitendra Singh asked "Where were their sacrifices before 1930? Discovery of India was written in a jail library - not in the solitary cell of Kala Pani, that was reserved for hard core patriots like Savarkar."