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Modi govt withdraws 1966 memorandum barring govt servants from participating in RSS activities: Here is how RSS was officially persecuted for years
Notably, the ban on government employees participating in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activities was imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1966. The Congress government's 1966 decision to ban government employees from partaking in activities of the RSS was a move rooted in political expediency rather than genuine concern for the public interest. The ban sought to stifle the influence of a prominent organization that ideologically opposed the Congress party.
‘Emergency was a North India issue. Indira won in south’: Rajdeep Sardesai downplays Emergency after Centre announces ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’
Rajdeep Sardesai stated that Congress had swept the elections in Southern India even after late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi slapped an emergency.
Modi government declares 25th June as Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas to remind people what happened when the Constitution was trampled over during the emergency
Government of India has declared 26th June as the Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas, which translates to ‘Constitution Murder Day’, to pay tribute to the victims of the emergency
Congress’ KC Venugopal writes to Speaker Om Birla on ‘Emergency’ reference in Lok Sabha, calls it ‘deeply shocking’, ‘unprecedented’
"Making of such a political reference from the Chair is unprecedented in the annals of history of Parliament," Venugopal wrote in his letter.
Om Birla starts his new term as Speaker by condemning the ‘Tanashahi’ of former PM Indira Gandhi for imposing Emergency in 1975
Speaker Om Birla condemned former PM Indira Gandhi for imposing the Emergency in India nearly 50 years ago, in 1975.
While Canada claims they won’t accept promotion of violence, Khalistani extremists freely glorify Indian PM Indira Gandhi’s assassination in the North American country
The celebration of Indira Gandhi’s assassination in Canada by Khalistani supporters is a reminder that Canada needs to act swiftly against incidents that promote violence.
PM Modi hits Congress hard on inheritance tax, recalls how Rajiv Gandhi abolished it just before his children inherited Indira Gandhi’s estate
PM Modi today slammed the Congress party for revoking the inheritance just before transferring Indira Gandhi’s estate to her grandchildren
India had Inheritance Tax for over 3 decades, it was abolished by Rajiv Gandhi govt just a month before transfer of Indira Gandhi’s estate...
Estate Duty Act 1953 that imposed inheritance act was abolished just a month before transfer of Indira Gandhi’s estate to her grandchildren
Nehru’s views on Aksari Chin to Digvijaya Singh’s comments on Katchatheevu Island show how the Congress party has no regard for the nation’s integrity
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh claimed that no one lives in the Katchatheevu Island thus dismissing the issue.
Nehru saw the Island as a nuisance…Indira Gandhi saw it as a ‘little rock’: EAM S Jaishankar hits out at Congress over Katchatheevu Island...
EAM S JAishankar highlighted the indifference shown by past Prime Ministers, particularly Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, towards the strategic significance of the Katchatheevu Island
