BJP To Hold Black Day Today on 48th Anniversary Of Emergency, Yogi To Address Public Meet In Noida

Lucknow, June 25 (TNA) To mark the 48th anniversary of the national emergency proclaimed by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is observing a ‘black day’ on Sunday in which rallies and meets will be held across the state.

Senior leaders of the ruling party will be addressing the party workers and supporters, underlining how the Congress leader had tried to finish democratic norms and institutions in India for the lust of power of Indira Gandhi. Under this chain of events, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath would be addressing a public meeting in Noida.

Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi will be addressing public rallies in Agra and Khairagarh, deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya will hold meetings at Meerut, Kairana and Ghaziabad. Emergency was clamped in India on June 25, 1975 and withdrawn under public pressure and outrage on March 21, 1977.