50th anniversary of the declaration of National Emergency:
When Indian democracy stood nakedly exposed as a system of bourgeois dictatorship

Statement of the Central Committee of the Communist Ghadar Party of India, 22 June 2025

What was the aim behind the declaration of Emergency?

The 50th anniversary of the declaration of Emergency is a suitable occasion for all progressive forces to seriously address this question. It is necessary to dispel the confusion that bourgeois politicians and scholars have been spreading to cover up the real aim underlying the declaration of Emergency in June 1975. This is especially important in the present context of draconian laws being used to launch all-sided attacks on democratic rights, without even having to declare a state of emergency.

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