New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that the former Prime Minister Late Indira Gandhi’s Emergency period as a “Dark Period” in Indian History. She imposed emergency on 25^th June 1975.

He also alleged that the people who supported democracy were tortured during the Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi-led Congress Government. June 25^th 1975 cannot be forgotten, said Modi. Modi speech in 102nd episode of his radio broadcast Mann Ki Baat; he said that India is the mother of democracy where democratic ideals are paramount as the Constitution is supreme.

Modi referred to some books, including Torture of Political Prisoners in India, published during the Emergency and asked the people to read those books, including his own titled Sangharsh Mein Gujarat, to know about the tyranny during the Emergency.

Many books have been written on the atrocities, punishments meted out by the police and administration. I also had the opportunity to write a book named Sangharsh mein Gujarat at that time. A few days ago, I came across another book written on the Emergency Torture of Political Prisoners in India, he said. This book describes how, at that time, the Government was treating the guardians of democracy most cruelly, he added.