Amit Shah Unveils ā€˜The Emergency Diariesā€™ Chronicling PM Modiā€™s Underground Role During 1975ā€“77 Emergency.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently released ā€œThe Emergency Diaries ā€“ Years That Forged a Leaderā€, a deeply researched account of Prime Minister Narendra Modiā€™s resistance during Indiaā€™s Emergency (1975ā€“77), launched on the 50th anniversary of its imposition in New Delhi.


      - The book provides fresh insights into the Emergency imposed on June 25, 1975, describing it as a ā€œdark chapterā€ in Indiaā€™s history. It details how a 25-yearā€‘old Narendra Modi, then an RSS Pracharak, went underground across Gujarat to resist the crackdown, aligned with leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan and Nanaji Deshmukh.

      - Amit Shah highlighted Modiā€™s various disguisesā€”posing as a sadhu, Sikh, hippie, incense-stick vendor, and newspaper sellerā€”to evade arrest. Modi risked operating in secret while distributing banned newspapers and visiting families of those detained under MISA, keeping the democratic spirit alive.

     

Main Point :-   (i) Held in New Delhi as part of ā€œSamvidhan Hatya Diwasā€, the 50th Emergency anniversary, the ceremony featured dignitaries like Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena, and CM Rekha Gupta. Amit Shah emphasized that remembering this era is vital to stop any future drift towards authoritarianism.

      (ii) Amit Shah urged young Indians to read the book and learn about the dangers that arise when democratic systems are suspended. He called the Emergency not just a national crisis, but also ā€œa personal crisis to save dynastic rule,ā€ asserting that remembering this helps prevent the repetition of such authoritarian episodes.


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