5Photo© hindustantimes.com'Didn't Get Parole For My Mother's Last Rites During Emergency': Rajnath Singh Hits Back At 'Tanashahi' Charge
New Delhi: In a big statement before the Lok Sabha elections, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has recalled the arrests during the emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government, stating that he was jailed for eighteen months, was not even granted parole to visit his ailing mother and could not attend her last rites.
In an interview with ANI, Rajnath rejected opposition accusations and said, “Those who imposed dictatorship through Emergency, they accuse us of being dictatorial.”. Rajnath Singh, who is a former BJP chief and was Union Home Minister from 2014 to 2019, said he was made convenor for Mirzapur-Sonbhadra during the JP Movement against Emergency which was imposed in June 1975 and continued till March 1977.
“I was jailed as we were opposing an emergency. We used to agitate. We created awareness among people, how Emergency are dangerous and reflect dictatorial tendencies,” he said.