Dehradun, June 26 -- Emergency of 1975 recalled at 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas' event in Doon

Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 25 Jun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in an event organised at a hotel here today to mark 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas' (Constitution Murder Day) when the emergency was imposed on the country in 1975. Today, the country completes 51 years since the imposition of the emergency.

During the event, the CM honoured the democracy fighters and their families who had struggled against the imposition of the emergency. Addressing the gathering on this occasion, Dhami asserted that the Emergency imposed on 25 June 1975 was a dark chapter in the history of Indian democracy. He recalled that the then government, in orde...