UNDECLARED EMERGENCY, ASSERTS CONGRESS PRESIDENT

NEW DELHI: An undeclared emergency prevailed in the country, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged on Wednesday while accusing the BJP of staging a Samvidhan Hatya Diwas “drama” to hide its governance failure. Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his jibes on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, he said a government which has […]

50 Years After the Emergency: From Midnight Knocks to Silent Erosion

As India marks five decades since its most overt democratic breakdown, observers warn of a deeper, subtler crisis unfolding under the guise of normalcy. Remembering the Night Democracy Was Gagged At the stroke of midnight on June 25, 1975, India—then the world’s largest democracy—plunged into its darkest constitutional hour. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, facing political […]