Mamata Banerjee has been on a rough course with the Modi government. Late last month, she scaled up her fight by skipping the oath-taking ceremony of the Prime Minister and his new Council of Ministers.
Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said leaders like J.P. Narayan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani fought hard to restore freedom of press.
The hike in the pension is likely to incur an additional financial burden of Rs 35.35 crore every year on the government.
In the third part of his blog, Jaitley writes how the 21-month-long Emergency turned out the pathbreaking moment of his political career.
In third part of his Facebook blog series on the Emergency, Jaitley recalled how Rajat Sharma and Vijay Goel helped him in organizing the protest against the draconian measure.
Addressing an event organised by the Maharastra state BJP on the occasion of 43rd anniversary of Emergency, PM Modi said Congress suffers from 'fear of unknow'.
“We have to educate the people on it,” the vice-president said.
From 1975 to 1977 the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had declared a state of emergency across the country. It bestowed upon the PM the authority to rule by decree. Elections were suspended and civil liberties were curbed.
The party will also hold press conferences to highlight how the 21-month-long period was the darkest period of independent India.
1975 emergency: It was on the night of June 25-26 when the 1975 Emergency was officially issued by the then President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Drawing parallel between Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the Union Finance Minister said that both turn democracy into dictatorship.
Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency on June 25, 1975 on account of international disturbances, suspending key fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution to every citizen.
The first look of Madhur Bhandarkar’s much awaited political drama, Indu Sarkar is out. Bhandarkar took to Twitter to share the first look of his highly-anticipated film Indu Sarkar.
Mumbai: Actor Kay Kay Menon, who has portrayed a variety of characters in his over two decade-long journey in the Indian entertainment industry, will next be seen in “Sann Pachattar”, which will be based on
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