Emergency Regime and RSS Role - Clarion India

Emergency regime and the role of RSS

This June (2025), the country did observe the 50th year of the Emergency which was imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975. Long columns have been written about this period when many democratic liberties stood suspended, thousands were jailed and the media was muzzled. This period is seen very differently by some Dalit leaders who recall the radical measures taken by Indira Gandhi in the previous decade like nationalisation of Banks and abolition of pr…

Emergency Regime and RSS Role - Clarion India

RECENTLY, the country observed the 50th year of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975. A lot has been written about this period when many democratic liberties stood suspended, thousands were jailed, and the media were muzzled. This period is seen very differently by some Dalit leaders who recall the radical measures taken by Indira Gandhi in the previous decade, like nationalisation of banks and abolition of privy purses. The Union Cabi…

Fact Check: RSS Was Major Force Opposing Emergency

Like most of its other claims, the claims of RSS that they were the major force opposing the Emergency is also devoid of any element of truth.