Vinay Natekar: 34 Years Back on this day the 25th June 1975 was the blackest day in Post Independence India when Indira Gandhi who heading the dynastic Congress Party imposed an ‘Internal Emergency’ in India to suppress her opponents and not due to internal security of the country.
Response: I agree that 25th June, 1975 was certainly one of the blackest days in free India. But then so was 6th December, 1992 the day the Babri Masjid was razed to the ground and caused a major schism between the two major communities besides bloodshed and an era of violence which continues to this day. 28th Feb 2002 would also qualify as yet another black day when a genocide of muslims was unleashed by communal forces. 23rd August 2008 would also qualify as another black day when violence was unleashed on helpless Christians in Orissa by communal forces. Incidentally isn’t it ironic that Maneka Gandhi and Varun Gandhi the wife and son of the villain of the emergency, Sanjay Gandhi, are now proud members and leading lights of the BJP. Yet another, Jagmohan , who steamrolled houses in Delhi in the name of beautification and committed other excesses was a Cabinet member in the BJP government. Inspite of the emergency, one must give credit to Indira Gandhi that she did revoke the emergency when she found out that it was extremely unpopular. She did hold elections in a democratic and free manner and accepted the results of her defeat with grace. Regarding dynasty, what can one say when one sees the Karunanidhi clan, the Badal clan, the Mulayam Yadav’s, Laloo Yadav’s, Sharad Pawar’s, Naveen Patnaik, Yeduriappa, Thackeray’s. We are back to the feudal system. Regards, Marshall
