Arunachal Congress slams BJP's 'black day' protest, calls it hypocrisy

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ITANAGAR: Calling the BJP’s ‘Black Day’ protest a “theatrical display of hypocrisy,” the Congress in Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the ruling party, accusing it of carrying out a sustained, five-fold assault on Indian democracy over the past eleven years, what it termed as “Undeclared Emergency@11.”

Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bosiram Siram in a statement said the real Black Day for India’s democracy “is not in the past but is unfolding every single day under BJP rule.”

Condemning the BJP’s protest in Arunachal Pradesh commemorating the 1975 Emergency, Siram said the ruling party was using a five-decade-old event to divert attention from its current failures and anti-democratic governance.

He accused the BJP of systematically weakening democratic institutions, stifling dissent, manipulating elections, and silencing critics, from lawmakers and journalists to civil society and the judiciary.

“During the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP sought a ‘char so paar’ (400 plus) mandate for a new Constitution, threatening Dr B R Ambedkar’s legacy. The people of India rejected that attempt, choosing instead to uphold the Constitution and its principles of justice,” Siram said.

The Congress leader charged the Modi government with consistently violating parliamentary norms, suspending MPs for raising public concerns, bypassing committees, bulldozing legislation, and refusing to discuss crucial national issues. He said constitutional authorities like the CAG and Election Commission had lost credibility under BJP pressure, while poll processes were ‘tailored’ to benefit the ruling party.

The APCC also cited the misuse of governors to interfere in opposition-led states, and the central government’s overuse of cesses to financially disadvantaged state governments.

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