Emergency is the darkest of Indian history : Modi

NEW DELHI: Its been 40 years since India witnessed its first emergency. While tweeting up on the occasion on Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opined that a vibrant liberal democracy is the key to progress. He depicted emergency as darkest scenario in Indian history.

“Let us do everything possible to further strengthen our democratic ideals and ethos,” he added.

Modi described the period of ‘Emergency’ as one of the India’s darkest. He said, ‘that was time when the then political leadership trampled over the democracy’.

Emergency is the darkest of Indian history : Modi

We mark 40 years of one of India’s darkest periods- the Emergency, when the then political leadership trampled over our democracy.

He said inspired by the call of Jayaprakash Narayan, several men and women across India selflessly immersed themselves in the movement to safeguard the democracy.

“Emergency, however, brings back many memories. As youngsters, we learnt a lot during the anti-Emergency movement,” he wrote on the micro-blogging site.

“Emergency was a great opportunity to work with a wide spectrum of leaders and organizations fighting for the same goal- return of democracy,” he tweeted.