Emergency Was ‘Democracy’s Darkest Hour’, Says Uttarakhand CM Dhami

By A Staff Reporter

Dehradun — Marking the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Emergency, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami delivered a strongly worded address during an ‘Emergency Day Seminar’ on Wednesday, recalling the period as one of India’s darkest chapters in democratic history.

Dhami described the Emergency, imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, as a time when fundamental rights were crushed and democratic institutions stifled. “The period of Emergency was so horrific where journalists, leaders, women were forcefully put in jail,” he said, accusing the Congress-led regime of silencing dissent and muzzling the press.

The Chief Minister endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to observe ‘Samvidhan Hatya Divas’ (Constitution Murder Day), calling it a necessary step to ensure that the lessons of that era are never forgotten. “Events are happening at various places to remind us that there was a time when, due to the stubbornness of a person, the soul of democracy was killed and the Constitution was suppressed,” Dhami remarked.