MODI MAAN KI BATT OF 25TH JUNE 2017
A few points from Modi's Maan Ki Batt of 25th June 2017: 1. 25 th June 1975 – Imposition of Emergency by Indra Gandhi – India’s Dark Night: Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty. One needs to be constantly alert about our Democracy, that is why we must also keep remembering the events that inflicted harm upon our democracy; and at the same time move ahead, carrying forward the virtues of democracy. 1975 – 25 th June – it was a dark night that no devotee of democracy can ever forget. The country had virtually become a prison. The voice of the opposition had been smothered. Several prominent leaders including Jai Prakash Narayan had been jailed. The judicial system too could not escape the sinister shadows of the Emergency. The press was completely muffled. The present-day students of journalism and the champions of democracy have been endeavouring towards raising awareness about that dark period, by constant reminders, and should continue to do so.