Declared Emergency vs. Undeclared Emergency
Declared Emergency vs. Undeclared Emergency In 2014 and 2019, BJP got full majority under Narender Modi leadership, the true colours of their credentials became apparent. While the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi was in accordance with the norms of the Constitution, what we are now witnessing is an ‘undeclared Emergency’. In 2015, in an interview with journalist Shekhar Gupta of Indian Express , none other than BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani said, “Today it has been 40 years since the declaration of Emergency at that time. But for the last one year, an undeclared Emergency has been going on in India. ( Indian Express , June 26-27, 2015.) Today, many have been imprisoned for daring to speak the truth. Freedom of religion is going for a free-fall. Justice is being overtaken by ‘bulldozer justice’. The intimidation and torture of minorities on the pretext of ‘love jihad’, cow-beef is abominable. Many eminent social activists have been put behind the bars in the Bhima Koregaon...
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