Congress Slams BJP for ‘Tearing Constitution to Pieces’ While Marking Emergency Anniversary
Senior Congress leaders in Madhya Pradesh launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, accusing it of hypocrisy for observing the 50th anniversary of the Emergency while allegedly dismantling constitutional values during its own tenure.
At a protest held near Surya Namaskar Chouraha in Gwalior, Congress veterans including Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh, state party president Jitu Patwari, and Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar demanded the installation of a statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at the Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The leaders claimed that the BJP’s refusal to permit the statue’s installation reflects its disregard for the Constitution’s chief architect.
“We are warning the double-engine BJP government—if they do not allow Ambedkar’s statue on the high court premises, it will be clear they are against the Constitution,” said Singh. He further alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the BJP, had historically opposed the Constitution, even going so far as to burn copies of it.
Singh accused the BJP of observing the Emergency anniversary as a diversionary tactic. “You are commemorating the Emergency, but in the last 11 years of your rule, the Constitution has been torn to pieces,” he said.
Echoing the sentiment, Patwari called for June 25 to be marked as a “black day,” citing alleged atrocities against Dalits, tribals, and women, and the toppling of elected governments through horse-trading.
In response, BJP vice president Saroj Pandey dismissed the Congress protest as lacking moral authority. “Congress imposed the Emergency to protect one family’s power. They amended the Constitution and muzzled the press. They have no right to speak of constitutional values,” she said.
The exchange comes amid heightened political tensions as both parties seek to shape the narrative around the legacy of the Emergency and the current state of Indian democracy.
