{"id":354528,"date":"2025-06-25T00:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=354528"},"modified":"2025-06-25T00:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:32:02","slug":"congress-retaliates-slams-modi-govt-for-undeclared-emergency-in-country-for-past-11-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/congress-retaliates-slams-modi-govt-for-undeclared-emergency-in-country-for-past-11-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress retaliates, slams Modi govt for \u2018Undeclared Emergency\u2019 in country for past 11 years \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>\u201cIndian democracy has been under a systematic and dangerous five-fold assault that can be best described as Undeclared Emergency,\u201d says Ramesh<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/05\/Jairam-Ramesh-1024x761.jpg\" 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\u201csystematic and dangerous five-fold assault that can be best described as \u2018Undeclared Emergency\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congress party accused PM Modi of \u201cseeking mandate for new Constitution\u201d, \u201cweakening Parliament\u201d, \u201ceroding autonomy of Constitutional bodies,\u201d \u201cdestroying state centre relations,\u201d damaging judiciary\u201d, \u201ctax terrorism and intimidation of businesses and institutions,\u201d \u201ccontrol over media\u201d \u201crampant misuse of investigative agencies\u201d and \u201cunbridled hate speech and crack down of civil liberties\u201d to claim \u201cundeclared emergency\u201d in the country &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his statement, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh alleged that government critics were routinely \u201cvilified\u201d and \u201chate, bigotry deliberately spread by the ruling establishment,\u201d \u201cprotesting farmers labelled \u2018Khalistanis,\u2019 and advocates of caste census dismissed as \u201curban Naxals\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe killers of Mahatma Gandhi are glorified, minorities live in fear of their lives and property,&nbsp;dalits and other marginalised groups have been disproportionately targeted, and ministers making hate speeches have been rewarded with promotions,\u201d he said on a day the BJP-led NDA government is observing \u2018Samvidhan Hatya Diwas\u2019 to mark the anniversary of imposition of Emergency by the then Indira Gandhi government in 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the past eleven years and thirty days, Indian democracy has been under a systematic and dangerous five-fold assault that can be best described as Undeclared Emergency@11,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIndian democracy has been under a systematic and dangerous five-fold assault that can be best described as Undeclared Emergency,\u201d says Ramesh Retaliating with a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government, opposition Congress on Wednesday alleged that over the past 11 years, Indian democracy has been under a \u201csystematic and dangerous five-fold assault that can 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