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ON 43RD ANNIVERSARY OF EMERGENCY IN INDIA RSS claims that it opposed Emergency promulgated by Indira Gnadhi on June 25, 1975 heroically and suffered immensely for resisting Emergency. But a veteran thinker and journalist of India who lived through this period of state terrorism, recounted the days of Emergency when RSS surrendered to the repressive regime of Indira Gandhi, assured her and her son, Sanjay Gandhi to enforcefaithfully the draconian 20-point programme announced by the Emergency regime. Large number of RSS cadres came out of jails by submitting MAAFINAMAAS. Despite all this betrayal thousands of RSS cadres get monthly pension for persecution during Emergency. It may be noted that no body remembers hundreds of Communist youth branded as Naxalites who were killed in fake encounters during these dark days of Emergency. This narration by Prabhash Joshi appeared in the English weekly TEHELKA on the 25th anniversary of the Emergency is being reproduced as it is relevant today as these fake opponents of Indira Gandhi's Emergency are ruling the country high-highhandedly without declaring Emergency.
ON 46TH ANNIVERSARY OF EMERGENCY RSS AS WORSHIPERS OF BRUTE POWER DID NOT OPPOSE 1975 EMERGENCY: DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE https://countercurrents.org/2021/06/rss-as-worshippers-of-brute-power-did-not-oppose-1975-emergency-documentary-evidence/
The Indian Emergency of 1975 was the only time in the history of independent India when its press was censored. The Emergency is called by many a leader, the darkest time that Indian democracy ever experienced. For nineteen months, the Indian press was censored and was prohibited from publishing even vague criticisms. Through the Maintenance of Internal Security Act of 1975 (MISA), Indira Gandhi, the erstwhile Prime Minister of India censored the press, fundamental rights of freedom of expression, holding peaceful public gatherings and protesting against any government action was prohibited. The Emergency is looked upon by citizens and politicians as a black mark on India’s otherwise smooth democratic functioning. The paper examines some of the documents and secret publications circulated by opposition parties to circumvent the censorship of the Emergency.
This article was published in the International Journal of Knowledge and Innovation in Business (December, 2014, Volume 2, Number 1, pp.1-38). The work was supported by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund of 2014. The author is grateful to Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Library for enabling him to pursue his research.
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‘Selections from The Radical Humanist’ Volume II contains selected articles out of those published in the magazine from 2006 to 2018. The selection consists articles by all-time greats like M.N. Roy, Justice V.M. Tarkunde, Prof. Sib Narayan Ray and others on democratic freedoms, radical humanism, human rights, and emancipation of the downtrodden including those belonging to the minority communities and women and children. These articles also uphold democratic values like secularism, freedom of the press and electoral reforms and denounce the divisive forces of communalism. They also contain articles on current political and economic situation in the country.
What has been true of every anniversary of the Emergency will also be of the 40th - RSS-BJP leaders will recount tales of resistance they mounted against the authoritarianism of Indira Gandhi. But what they will not talk about, or counter, are the accusations Subramanian Swamy made against their leaders in the past. In a piece for the Hindu newspaper, dated 13 June 2000, a fortnight before the 25th anniversary of the Emergency, Swamy claimed then RSS chief Balasaheb Deoras and former Prime Minister AB Vajpayee betrayed the anti-Emergency movement by writing letters of apology to Indira Gandhi. Swamy is now a member of the BJP's national executive. Ajaz Ashraf's illuminating piece in THE FIRSPOST on RSS's betrayal of anti-Emergency struggle. It also brings to public notice an article on betrayal by RSS penned by Subramanian Swamy in the year 2000. [Courtesy FIRST POST & THE HINDU]
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