BJP sought ‘400 paar’ to change Constitution, but failed: Congress

NEW DELHI: None of the INDIA bloc parties protested when the govt brought in the proposal to condemn the Emergency, leaving Congress members to fight the battle alone in Lok Sabha.
The Congress group led by K C Venugopal, Gaurav Gogoi, Manickam Tagore, K Suresh and Hibi Eden stood up and raised slogans for the duration that Speaker Om Birla read the resolution.A senior leader said the allies did not protest because of the history of Emergency, and that most of them were against Congress at that time.
Later, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav told reporters that Samajwadis were victims of Emergency and BJP alone did not face the state action.
"But what BJP has done today is just a pretence. How much do we look behind, look at the past? The future is ahead. We brought an Act to provide wages to 'Loktantra Rakshak Sainani'. If BJP is serious about the issue, let them bring this Act everywhere. Let BJP increase their honorarium, make it 1 lakh," he said. Responding to the govt charge that the Constitution was "finished" during the mergency, Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh said, "Between 2014-24, all constitutional values and principles were assaulted and the independence of all constitutional bodies eroded. During the election campaign, PM Narendra Modi asked for '400 paar' to change the Constitution and he was rebuffed by the people resoundingly."
Mainpuri MP Dimple Yadav said the country should talk about the present situation like inflation, unemployment, and not about the past.