Congress which imposed Emergency now falsely accusing BJP Govt of suppressing democracy: Rajnath

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Agra (UP): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the Congress which imposed the Emergency was now falsely accusing the BJP government of suppressing democracy.
Singh addressed two rallies in Agra in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday and trained his gun on the Congress.

Nearly 1,500 special invitees to attend security conclave in Jammu today
Jammu: Around 1,500 special invitees, including defence experts and retired army officers, are attending a security conclave which will be addressed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh here on Monday, Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina said.
Besides addressing the conclave at Gen Zorawar Singh auditorium on the campus of University of Jammu, Singh will also visit the BJP headquarters at Trikuta Nagar to chair a meeting of senior party leaders to review the prevailing political situation, Raina said.
“Around 1,500 special invitees are attending the security conclave on internal and external security, a non-political event being organized as part of the BJP’s ongoing programme to highlight the nine-year achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government,” Raina told PTI.
He said the defence minister will brief the gathering of prominent persons about the measures taken by the Modi-led government for strengthening its defence mechanism after coming to power in 2014.
Defence experts, retired decorated army officers, academicians, doctors and think tanks, besides youths, will be attending the conclave which will start at 10.30 am, Raina said.
He said that Singh will discuss the security and other important issues with the participants and also share the strong position of India in defence and other matters concerning the nation’s security and safety of the citizens residing along the borders.
The BJP leader said all necessary arrangements have been finalised for the visit of the defence minister.
According to Raina, after addressing the conclave, the minister will chair a meeting of senior BJP leaders at the party headquarters at Trikuta Nagar to review the prevailing political situation and also discuss the organisational matters.

Describing the Emergency, which was imposed on this day in 1975 by the Indira Gandhi government, as “the dark phase of Indian democracy”, the senior BJP leader said, “I was jailed for 16 months and kept in isolation for about two-and-half months during the Emergency…. Many innocents were kept in jails.”
“But today the Congress party is falsely accusing the BJP government of suppressing democracy…if the BJP was strangulating democracy then how was it possible for the Congress to form governments in states like Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan,” he said.
He said the Congress and other opposition parties are coming together with the singular motive of defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi and grabbing power.
Highlighting various achievements of the Narendra Modi government in its nine years, Singh said India has now become a powerful country and all nations across the globe look towards it for solutions to various issues.
“Every Indian felt proud when PM Modi addressed a joint session of of the US Congress. It was an honour for the nation,” he said.
Before Modi came to power in 2014 the Indian economy ranked 11th globally but in nine years since it has become the fifth largest economy in the world, he said.
He also highlighted the evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine during its war with Russia and India supplying COVID-19 vaccines to several countries during the pandemic.