I am amused at the following statement: > Inspite of the emergency, one must give credit to Indira Gandhi that she did > revoke the emergency when she found out that it was extremely unpopular. She > did hold elections in a democratic and free manner and accepted the results > of her defeat with grace.
Indira Gandhi was left with no choice. She had violated the constitution to stay in powerand was under pressure from the entire world. She definitely deserved to lose. If you bring Babri Masjid into the picture, what about Operation Blue Star in June 1984?Indira Gandhi created Sant Jairnail Singh Bhindranwale, to counter the Akali Dal and whenhe got too hot handle, she decided to get rid of him. Operation Blue Star ultimately led toher assassination by her bodyguards, which in turn led to the slaughtering of so many innocent Sikhs, who are still fighting to get justice. And please remember that Sonia and Maneka Gandhi were then the dear daughters-in-law ofIndira Gandhi! Naguesh Bhatcar sgbhat...@hotmail.com > Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:45:32 +0530 > From: mmendonz...@gmail.com > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Subject: [Goanet] 25th June 1975, Imposition of Emergency - India's Most > Infamous Day > > Vinay Natekar: > > 34 Years Back on this day the 25th June 1975 was the blackest day in > Post Independence India when Indira Gandhi who heading the dynastic > Congress Party imposed an ‘Internal Emergency’ in India to suppress her > opponents and not due to internal security of the country. > > Response: > > I agree that 25th June, 1975 was certainly one of the blackest days in free > India. But then so was 6th December, 1992 the day the Babri Masjid was > razed to the ground and caused a major schism between the two major > communities besides bloodshed and an era of violence which continues to this > day. 28th Feb 2002 would also qualify as yet another black day when a > genocide of muslims was unleashed by communal forces. 23rd August 2008 would > also qualify as another black day when violence was unleashed on helpless > Christians in Orissa by communal forces. > > > > Incidentally isn’t it ironic that Maneka Gandhi and Varun Gandhi the wife > and son of the villain of the emergency, Sanjay Gandhi, are now proud > members and leading lights of the BJP. Yet another, Jagmohan , who > steamrolled houses in Delhi in the name of beautification and committed > other excesses was a Cabinet member in the BJP government. > > > > Inspite of the emergency, one must give credit to Indira Gandhi that she did > revoke the emergency when she found out that it was extremely unpopular. She > did hold elections in a democratic and free manner and accepted the results > of her defeat with grace. > > > > Regards, > > > > Marshall
