Salute people who defended Democracy when Emergency was imposed: PM
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to people who opposed the imposition of Emergency in 1975 and said that the country will never forget their sacrifice.
In a tweet on the anniversary of the Emergency on June 25, 1975, the PM said, ''Exactly 45 years ago, on this day, Emergency was imposed in the country. I salute all those people who struggled and faced a lot of pain to defend the Democracy at that time. The country will never forget their sacrifice.''
PM Modi also posted on his Twitter account a clip of his ''Mann ki Baat'' radio address last year in which he had spoken about the Emergency era.
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— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 25, 2020
The Emergency was imposed on June 25, 1975 by the Congress government at the Centre headed by late Indira Gandhi.
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