NDA to observe 50th anniversary of Emergency

New Delhi: Ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, the BJP is aiming to corner Congress by celebrating the 50th anniversary of emergency and deliberated on this issue in the National Democratic Alliance Chief Ministers' Council meeting in Chandigarh on Thursday.

Chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of the BJP-led NDA attended the conclave to deliberate on development issues, the 'Amrit Mahotsav' of the Constitution and the 50th anniversary year of the "attempt to murder" democracy, which is a reference to the Emergency imposed in 1975.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and J P Nadda, who is also the BJP president, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, two Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, were among those who attended the meeting.


In Lok Sabha polls Congress narrative that the BJP would change the constitution if it came to power, impacted the performance of the saffron party.

Now in upcoming assembly polls, the BJP is trying to corner the Congress by celebrating the 50th anniversary of emergency as its counter to the constitution narrative.

The meeting was attended by 13 chief ministers and 16 deputy CMs belonging to the BJP and its allies.

It was the first conclave of NDA CMs of this kind in the last many years.