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This by-invitation exhibition will have a series of stands chronicling the Emergency era and the formation of first non-Congress government of Morarji Desai, News18 has learnt
Union Home Minister Amit Shah (PTI file)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making big plans for June 25, the day which will mark 50 years of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi. The Centre, meanwhile, has scheduled events which will last a year.
With the Congress-led Opposition often accusing the Modi government of causing “death of democracy” and imposing “undeclared emergency”, the BJP plans to use the occasion to strike back.
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency in India, BJP’s think tank Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation (SPMRF) has organised a mega event at Delhi’s Prime Minister Museum and Library.
This strictly by-invitation event will have a huge exhibition, with a series of stands chronicling the Emergency era and the fight against it and the formation of the first non-Congress government of Morarji Desai, News18 has learnt.
“Every prominent opposition leader of the time from all political spectrums who fought against the Emergency will be prominently displayed in the exhibition. After all, everyone fought it together,” said a source privy to the developments.
From Gujarat Navnirman agitation to Jayaprakash Narayan’s movement — the exhibition is likely to feature all key moments that shaped India spanning from 1975 to 1977, which was marked by suspension of civil liberties, censorship of the press, and widespread persecution of political opponents.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be the chief guest who will deliver the keynote address of the evening. Shah will speak for around 45 minutes, where he is expected to lash out at the Congress in his signature style.
People from various walks of life will be invited in this event — doctors, lawyers, intellectuals, people who fought against the Emergency, eminent journalists, among others. Around 290 individuals will be in attendance on the day, News18 has learnt.
Invites are now being sent out. “This eve of reflection will revisit the suppression of civil liberties, censorship of the press, and imprisonment of political voices during the Emergency and will reaffirm our enduring commitment to democratic values and constitutional freedoms,” reads the invite that News18 has seen.
Binay Kumar Singh, Director of SPMRF, wants to set the tone a night before the D-Day when the BJP’s youth and the whole government apparatus goes into making it a big success.
The Centre has already instructed all states and Union Territories to undertake a year-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Emergency’s imposition as ‘Constitution Murder Day’ with a Mashal yatra launched from Delhi on June 25, which will end at Kartavya Path on March 21, 2026, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in attendance.
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