Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha today said that the 21-month-long state of Emergency was an unbearable situation all over India and that everyone needs to be aware of it.
Dr. Saha said that in the future, such dark days should never return, and everyone needs to learn from Prime Minister Narendra Modi about protecting democracy and respecting the Constitution.
The Chief Minister said this at a program titled Mock Parliament, organized by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha at Sukanta Academy in Agartala.
At the program, Dr. Saha said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is encouraging the inclusion of youth in the Bharatiya Janata Party, especially those whose families have never been involved in politics.
“This will bring talented youth who can contribute to the country and the state. At that time, there was a turbulent atmosphere in politics during the 35 years of CPM and the Congress-alliance era. But after our Bharatiya Janata Party government was established in Tripura, stability returned. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat for about 13 years. He showed how to run the country after taking charge as Prime Minister in 2014. Following him, now the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government is running in about 20 states of the country. Keeping in mind the Prime Minister’s instructions and the thoughts of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Pandit Deen Dayal, we are also trying to move forward,” said Dr. Saha.
The Chief Minister said that young men and women are now joining the Bharatiya Janata Party in large numbers.
“They need to be informed about history. They need to get a proper understanding of democracy. The current generation is not very aware of the Emergency period, so they definitely need to know about this history. Today, mock parliaments are being held in different places across the country. I hope that by joining such events, they will be able to learn about the concept of parliamentary politics in the coming days,” he said.
Dr. Saha also said that there will always be a long black chapter of about 21 months in the history of India—from June 25, 1975, to March 21, 1977—and now people often see Congress and Communists taking to the streets, saying there is no democracy.
“We need to learn from our famous Prime Minister Narendra Modi how to protect democracy and respect the Constitution. On this day in 1975, Emergency was declared without regard to the Constitution. Starting from our leader Lal Krishna Advani to Jayaprakash Narayan, RSS and Jana Sangh leaders were arrested and taken to jail at that time. What an unbearable situation the whole country was in. So everyone should know about these events. May such a dark day never come again in the future,” he added.
The event was attended by Bharatiya Janata Party State President and MP Rajib Bhattacharya, Yuva Morcha State President Sushanta Dev, Yuva Morcha Vice President Vicky Prasad, General Secretary and MLA Shambhu Lal Chakma, Bharatiya Janata Party State Vice President Tapas Bhattacharya, and other top leaders as distinguished guests.
