Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan recalled his experience during the Emergency and said that I saw many inhuman atrocities in jail. He said that it was such a black era of democracy that I am still surprised that this was actually happened. How can anyone commit such a great sin and injustice? The BJP leader in Varanasi said that at that time I was 16 years old and I had passed 10th. In 1974, Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan’s movement was going on against inflation, unemployment, corruption and faulty education system. I was associated with it and since I was also the president of my school, I joined that movement.
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Shivraj Singh Chauhan further said that I used to distribute pamphlets of ‘Remove Emergency’ and ‘Indira Teri dictatorship’. On April 9, the police got a clue of it in the last nine months of the Emergency. They came to my house, slapped me and abused me that I cannot even repeat. They dragged me down by stairs and took them to the police station. They hit my knees and elbows so badly that even today they have pain. They harassed me all night and then in the morning they handcuffed me and took me to the magistrate, who signed papers to send me to jail.
The BJP leader claimed that when I was being taken to jail on foot in handcuffs, some children passing through the road saw me and said that I am definitely a thief. When I heard the word ‘thief’, my conscience cried. I alone started shouting slogans that ‘I will not bow down to persecution, I will fight and fight’ … When I reached Bhopal Central Jail, I was shouting slogans from outside and those who were already in jail were shouting slogans from inside the jail. I had made up my mind in that jail that I would not live for myself. I have to do something for the country and society.
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He said that it is necessary to celebrate the Constitution Day of Emergency, so it is necessary to celebrate Constitution Day. He said that the Congress is the killer of the Constitution. The dictatorship is in her DNA. He said that the Congress, which insults democracy, should apologize to the country. Today, people who roam with the constitution should not forget that their forefathers had trampled democracy in the country to stay in power. I still remember today, when I was lodged in Bhopal Central Jail and we were also with us as an Asad Warsi ji. His health deteriorated, he kept groaning with pain for 3-4 days, he did not get treatment facility and eventually he died.