Overview

• The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adopted a resolution declaring June 25 as Samvidhan Hatya Diwas to commemorate the suspension of civil liberties during the Emergency.
• Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP of staging a “drama” around the anniversary to divert attention from governance failures and claimed an “undeclared Emergency” has persisted for 11 years.
• RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale demanded a formal apology from the Congress for the 1975 crackdown and called for a review of the terms “socialist” and “secular” in the Constitution’s Preamble.
• Congress slammed the RSS-BJP proposal to remove those terms as an anti-constitutional conspiracy aimed at undermining Dr Ambedkar’s vision.
• Opposition figures claimed a current “undeclared Emergency” under the BJP, arguing that democratic freedoms and institutional checks have been eroded in recent years.