New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): On the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Emergency, Delhi BJP president Virendraa Sachdeva condemned the Congress party and announced an exhibition at Connaught Place on Wednesday.

Calling it the 'darkest chapter' in India's democracy, Sachdeva called on the youth to remember the history.

Speaking to ANI, he said, 'The Emergency is the darkest chapter in this democracy. Fifty years have passed since that traumatic period, and today an exhibition will be organised at Connaught Place in Delhi so that today's youth can know how Congress murdered democracy. This is a history that must be remembered, showing how, when a dictator resorts to dictatorship, all values collapse.' Sachdeva said.

The Emergency of 1975 in India stands as a stark chapter in the nation's history, marked by widespread political turmoil and suppression of civil liberties. Declared by the then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the Emergency saw the suspension of fundamental rights and the imposition of strict censorship, aiming to quell political dissent and maintain order.

50 years ago, between 25 June 1975 and 21 March 1977, Indira Gandhi's government unleashed a wave of repression, imprisoning lakhs of people without justification and muzzling the media. The Emergency stripped citizens of their fundamental rights and undermined the country's democratic fabric.

On 25 June 1975, the then-President, Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, issued the Emergency proclamation under Article 352, citing threats from internal disturbance.

The Emergency was declared in a backdrop of mounting political unrest and judicial developments that shook the legitimacy of the ruling leadership.

The decision followed a government press note accusing individuals of provoking the police and armed forces to defy orders.

This was the third Emergency in India's history, but the first one declared in peacetime. Earlier proclamations were during wars with China (1962) and Pakistan (1971). (ANI)