J-K BJP to observe June 26 as 'Save Democracy Day'

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Jun 24 2016 | 6:57 PM IST
BJP in Jammu and Kashmir today decided to observe June 26 as "Save Democracy Day" to mark the Emergency which was imposed in the country 41 years ago.
"We have decided to observe June 26 as 'Save Democracy Day' as 41 years ago, the then Congress government had clamped Emergency to gag the freedom of expression, snatch the fundamental rights and civil liberty of the people and the country", state BJP leader Chander Mohan Sharma said here.
The Emergency was in effect from the midnight of June 25, 1975 until its withdrawal in March 1977.
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First Published: Jun 24 2016 | 6:57 PM IST

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