Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla speaks on Congress emergency and protests

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday condemned the decision to impose Emergency in 1975 and observed a two-minute silence in memory of the citizens who lost their lives during the period, triggering vehement protests and slogans from the opposition.

Speaking in the House after being elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Om Birla said India’s democratic values ​​were crushed and freedom of expression was strangled during the ‘dark times’ of the emergency state.

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“The state of emergency has destroyed the lives of so many Indian citizens, so many people have died. We observe two minutes of silence in memory of those dedicated and patriotic citizens of India who lost their lives at the hands of the dictatorial Congress government during this dark period of Emergency,” Birla said.