'Will they apologise to the country for Emergency?': Haryana CM Saini targets Congress

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of misleading the public during election campaigns.

Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 13 (HBTV): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of misleading the public during election campaigns and questioning the Congress party’s silence on past incidents like the Emergency and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The Chief Minister made the remarks while addressing a State-level Mock Parliament organised by the BJP Mahila Morcha in Gurugram.

He asserted that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the country is operating in full accordance with the Constitution.

‘During elections, Yuvraj (Rahul Gandhi) picks up the holy Constitution book and campaigns that if Modi ji becomes the Prime Minister, the Constitution will be abolished. Under Modi ji's leadership, this country is running according to the Constitution,’ Saini said.

He further asked, ‘I want to ask the Congress people, will you apologise to the country for the Emergency? You have not apologised to date. In 1984, a particular community was massacred, and no apology was made for that either. According to this holy Constitution, if anyone has tried to get them justice, it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi.’

In a post on X, CM Saini alleged that people faced atrocities during the Emergency that were ‘worse’ than those under British rule, and paid homage to those who endured that period.

The social media post read: ‘Gratitude to the maternal forces present at the “State-level Mock Parliament” organized by BJP Mahila Morcha, Haryana, in the vibrant city of Gurugram, led by Guru Dronacharya!’

‘During the Emergency, people faced atrocities worse than those under British rule; I pay my respects to all those who endured such suffering. In that era, there was neither instability in the country, nor any natural disaster, nor any earthquake. Solely for their selfish motives, the Congress government trampled upon the Constitution,’ the post added.

India was placed under a state of Emergency between 25 June 1975 and 21 March 1977 under Article 352 of the Constitution. The then President, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, issued the proclamation citing threats from internal disturbances. It marked the third Emergency in India’s history and the first declared during peacetime, with earlier ones imposed during wars with China (1962) and Pakistan (1971).

(ANI)