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Ravi Shankar Prasad Rebukes Rahul Gandhi Over Emergency Comparisons
Ravi Shankar Prasad, a leader of the BJP, criticized Rahul Gandhi of the Congress.
Gandhi had compared the current situation to the Emergency, and Prasad told him not to make that comparison.
Prasad recalled that Indira Gandhi’s government imposed the Emergency in 1975.
He said the period included limits on newspapers and political parties, as well as arrests.
He also recalled the arrest of Jayaprakash Narayan and alleged that members of the RSS were mistreated.
The Emergency lasted until March 1977.
Congress lost the general election in 1977.
BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad told Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to stop saying the Emergency had returned.
Prasad said the 1975 Emergency was imposed after Indira Gandhi failed to obtain the relief she sought over her election.
He cited press censorship, restrictions on political parties, judge supersessions, and arrests as actions during the Emergency.
Prasad recalled the arrest of Jayaprakash Narayan and alleged RSS members were mistreated.
The Emergency lasted from June 25, 1975, to March 21, 1977, and ended before Congress lost the 1977 general election.
- Who
- BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad criticized Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks about the Emergency.
- What
- Prasad rejected Gandhi's comparison of the present situation to the Emergency and recalled actions taken during Indira Gandhi's rule.
- Where
- India.
- When
- Prasad made the remarks on October 10; the Emergency ran from June 25, 1975, to March 21, 1977.
- Why
- Prasad said Gandhi should not claim that the Emergency had returned and should understand the history of the period.
Rahul Gandhi and Opposition
Ravi Shankar Prasad and BJP
Whether the Emergency has returned
Rahul Gandhi and Opposition
Rahul Gandhi invoked the Emergency in remarks about the present political situation; the article does not provide his full argument.
Ravi Shankar Prasad and BJP
Prasad rejected the comparison and told Gandhi to stop claiming that the Emergency had returned.
The Emergency's historical record
Rahul Gandhi and Opposition
The article does not give a detailed response from Gandhi on Prasad's account of the Emergency.
Ravi Shankar Prasad and BJP
Prasad cited press censorship, restrictions on political parties, supersession of judges, and arrests, and said the BJP and its ideological predecessors opposed the Emergency.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Ravi Shankar Prasad, BJP leader
- Person criticized
- Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP
- Emergency began
- June 25, 1975
- Emergency ended
- March 21, 1977
- Former prime minister
- Indira Gandhi
- Election outcome
- Congress lost the 1977 general election
Quotes
Ravi Shankar Prasad
BJP leader commenting on Rahul Gandhi’s comparison with the Emergency.
“Rahul Gandhi, please stop this nonsense about the Emergency having returned. The country knows the entire history of the Emergency under your grandmother”
freepressjournal.in
Sources
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