Nadda Slams Congress Over Emergency, Lok Sabha Speaker's Election

BJP president J P Nadda criticized the Congress on the 49th anniversary of the 1975 Emergency. He accused the opposition of hypocrisy concerning the Lok Sabha Speaker's election, highlighting inconsistencies in states led by the Congress. Nadda denounced the Congress for claiming to protect the Constitution while recalling the Emergency's suppression of democracy.

BJP president J P Nadda launched a severe critique on the Congress party, recalling the 'dark days of Emergency,' and castigated the opposition for nominating MP K Suresh against NDA's Om Birla for Lok Sabha Speaker.

Speaking at an event at the BJP headquarters on the 49th anniversary of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975, Nadda accused the Congress of 'hypocrisy and double speak' on the Speaker's election issue, arguing that the main opposition party has no room for democracy in its mindset.

Nadda questioned if there had ever been an election for the Lok Sabha Speaker with conditions such as the opposition demanding the Deputy Speaker's seat first. He called out the Congress for not adhering to this tradition in its ruled states and reiterated that it was the Congress under Indira Gandhi that 'throttled' democracy during the Emergency.

Nadda highlighted the contradiction of the Congress and its allies having both Speaker and Deputy Speaker positions in various state assemblies, and accused them of disrespecting the Constitution while ironically positioning themselves as its protectors.

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