RSS mouthpiece compares Indira Gandhi with Hitler: two dictators, same text written on cover page of Panchjanya

Cover page of Panchjanya on which photo of Hitler and Indira Gandhi is placed together.

On this day, June 25, 1975, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in the country. Today, on completion of 48 years of Emergency, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) magazine Panchjanya has compared Indira Gandhi with German dictator Hitler.

Panchjanya magazine has put a picture of Hitler and Indira Gandhi on the cover page of its new issue and has named it ‘Hitler Gandhi’. The magazine has written – two dictators, same text.

The magazine wrote – In many places in Europe, there is a legal ban on denying or forgetting Hitler’s heinous crimes. It is a question of survival for them.

This is the condition of the emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in India, forgetting which can be dangerous for the existence of democracy. Come, remember the story that started from the black night of 25 June 1975….

PM wrote – A time never to be forgotten in history
PM Narendra Modi tweeted and wrote- I pay tribute to all those courageous people who opposed the Emergency and worked to strengthen our democratic spirit. #DarkDaysOfEmergency An unforgettable time in our history, which is against the very constitutional values ​​we take pride in.

Nadda wrote – A family imposed stigma like emergency
BJP President JP Nadda wrote- On June 25, 1975, a family had imposed a stigma like Emergency by killing the country’s great democracy due to its dictatorial tendencies. Whose ruthlessness left behind even the tyranny of hundreds of years of foreign rule. In such difficult times, I bow down to all the patriots who fought for the establishment of democracy by enduring immense tortures.

BJP released a 7-minute video on Emergency
The BJP has posted 13 posts on its Twitter handle regarding the Emergency. These also include 4 videos. BJP wrote about Emergency – Emergency… dark chapter of democracy! Congress did the work of crushing the soul of the country by imposing emergency. People will not forgive those who openly flout the law by imposing emergency!

In a video of 7 minutes 13 seconds of the party, the story of Emergency has been told. In the caption of this video, the party wrote- Emergency… The black story of a cruel and dictatorial leader and his defiant family crushing democracy and holding the country hostage….

The day after the Emergency, only the Hindustan Times and the Statesman were able to print, as their printing presses were not on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. This happened because the government cut off the electricity to the institutions on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. A few days before the Emergency, that is, on June 12, the Allahabad High Court had canceled Indira Gandhi’s membership of Parliament.