BELAGAVI: Leaders of the BJP in the border district, observing the 47th anniversary of the clamping of the Emergency by then PM indira Gandhi, highlighted the need to educate the public about the inherently unconstitutional nature of the decision. Interacting with representatives of the media in Belagavi, local BJP leaders sought to remind the public about the excesses of the Emergency, when detractors of the dispensation were sent to jail, along with many innocent people.
Belagavi BJP spokesman MB Jirale said that the clamping of Emergency went against the grain of democratic principles. “We want to inform the current generation that the Emergency was a period when Indira Gandhi reigned as a dictator,” he said.
Recalling the struggle of the people of Belagavi against the Emergency, Jirale said, “Appashahebh Mutekar, late Ganapathroa Kulakarni, Hanamunthroa Mutalik, Ramachamdra Joshi, Vilashroa Pavar, and Panduranga Nikarge were among those who opposed the regime, and were sent to jail.” tnn
