When India, with Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister, liberated East Pakistan from West Pakistan in 1971, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha hailed Indira Gandhi as Durga, the Goddess of destruction. And Indira Gandhi, according to journalist Kuldip Nayar “acknowledged the compliment with a smile, behaving in the manner…
Dark days of Emergency recounted in city jail
June 26, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The dark days of the Emergency imposed on India by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi were remembered in a novel way yesterday morning at the outer boundaries of Central Jail premises in city. The event was organised by Krishnaraja BJP under the leadership of MLA S.A. Ramdas. Apart from felicitating those who underwent jail…
BJP observes ‘Black Day’ on Emergency anniversary
June 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The City BJP Unit today observed ‘Black Day’ as a mark of protest against the imposition of Emergency on nation by the Congress Government in 1975. It was on this day 46 years ago, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had clamped Emergency. As part of this observation, a Webex meeting was organised by…
BJP to observe June 25 as ‘Black Day’
June 24, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The City BJP Unit will observe June 25 as ‘Black Day’ in protest against the imposition of Emergency on nation by the Congress Government headed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. Disclosing this at a news meet at the BJP Office here yesterday, City BJP President T.S. Srivatsa said a video-conference will be…
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