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Watch Nidhi Razdan: Why is BJP talking about emergency?
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2/17/2025
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The BJP-led government in India has decided to commemorate the emergency anniversary every
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year on the 25th of June.
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This is by commemorating what they are calling Samvedan Hathya Diwas or Murder of the Constitution
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Day.
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They've also announced a campaign to make people more aware about the Indian Constitution
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culminating in the 75th anniversary of the Constitution's inception in January next year.
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Now why is it suddenly that there is so much political focus on the Indian Constitution?
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That has to do with the fact that in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, one of the
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key reasons being seen for the BJP's below par performance was the fact that the opposition
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was able to successfully convince people that a brute majority for the BJP would lead to
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changes in the constitution, specifically the end of reservations for backward castes.
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And this is a message that seems to have travelled far and wide right down to the grassroots
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and may partly explain why the BJP didn't do so well.
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And now with crucial state elections coming up in October, including in Maharashtra, Jharkhand
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and Haryana, the BJP is desperately keen to recover lost ground.
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The fact that they've also done very poorly in recently held assembly by-elections in
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which they just won two out of 13 seats and the opposition won 10 is another warning sign
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for the BJP.
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And now they seek to turn the tables and remind the country that it was Indira Gandhi as Prime
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Minister who formally imposed an emergency back in 1975 on the 25th of June.
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Of course, it is the 21st century and you would think that issues that concern people
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today like jobs, exam paper leaks, these would be front and centre.
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But the BJP wants to reclaim the narrative on this important issue.
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Let's see how it goes.
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