The Government of India announced that June 25 will be annually commemorated as ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas,’ or ‘Constitution Assassination Day,’ to honor those who suffered and resisted the severe misuse of power during the Emergency. Announcing on X, Home Minister Amit Shah stated, “On June 25, 1975,
The government of India on Friday announced that June 25 will be annually commemorated as ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas,’ meaning ‘Constitution Assassination Day.’ In honour of all those who suffered and resisted the severe misuse of power during the Emergency period and to reaffirm the commitment of the people of India never to support such egregious abuse of power in the future,
Announcing on X, Home Minister Amit Shah shared a gazette notification and stated, “On June 25, 1975, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in a blatant display of dictatorial tendencies, choked the soul of our democracy by imposing the Emergency on the nation. Hundreds of thousands were unjustly imprisoned, and the media was silenced.”
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi said, “It is also a day to pay homage to each and every person who suffered due to the excesses of the Emergency, a Congress-unleashed dark phase of Indian history.”
Whereas, Congress Party leader Jairam Ramesh criticized the announcement, calling it “yet another headline-grabbing exercise in hypocrisy by the non-biological PM who had imposed an undeclared Emergency for ten long years before the people of India handed him a decisive personal, political, and moral defeat on June 4, 2024 – which will go down in history as ModiMukti Diwas [or Liberation from Modi Day].”
