Cabinet passes resolution to mark 50 yrs of Emergency

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday passed a resolution to mark 50 years of the proclamation of Emergency, and resolved to commemorate and honour the sacrifices of individuals who resisted it.

- SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE

"The Union Cabinet has passed a resolution that reminds us of the 50 years of the Samvidhan Hatya Diwas, when the Congress government imposed the Emergency, and democracy was choked," said Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw.

Two minutes' silence was observed during the Cabinet meeting as tribute to the persons whose constitutionally guaranteed democratic rights were taken away, and who were then subjected to unimaginable horrors, the government resolution said.

The resolution sought to commemorate those who "valiantly resisted the Emergency and its attempt at subversion of the spirit of Indian Constitution, a subversion which began in 1974 with a heavy-handed attempt at crushing the Navnirman Andolan and Sampoorna Kranti Abhiyan," the resolution said.