Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Monday inaugurated a daylong symposium on Emergency Provision under Indian Constitution here at National Law University in Agartala and remembered the 1975 emergency period to state that the emergency period under the leadership of former later Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had undermined the country’s democracy.
Addressing the gathering of law students in the auditorium of the university, the Chief Minister said that democracy and basic rights of common man were hit during emergency.
“During the emergency there was a plot to completely change the constitution of the country. As a result, the constitution and legal system of the country was completely endangered,” CM Dr Saha said, adding that the imposition of Emergency in 1975 had a profound impact on the country's democratic structure and civil rights.
He said, “The then central government denied all the democratic values of the country to retain power. During the state of emergency, many leaders and activists including the top leaders of the opposition parties were imprisoned in false cases without trial by the then government.”
National Law University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Pratap Singh highlighted various important provisions of the Constitution of India in his welcome speech. In the event, Chief Secretary J K Sinha, Chief Minister's Secretary Pradeep Kumar Chakraborty, Education Department Secretary Raval Hemendra Kumar were present.
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