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Morale Builder during The Emergency of 1975 – Dr Subramanian Swamy

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  It completes 46 years from the date of declaration of the Emergency in 1975 by Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the then PM of India. At this juncture it’s important to remember some heroic actions of one man who did not lose hope in retrieving the suspended Democracy. Almost everybody had lost the hope of getting the Democracy back in India, but some brave hearts had fought back it with great courage. One such Brave heart was Dr Subramanian Swamy.   Even though the reason for declaration of Emergency was stated as “to control Internal Disturbances and the threats to India”, the actual reason stands out different. There were several instances which made the then PM Mrs. Gandhi to be insecure of her position. Initially started with “Navnirman Movement” during December 1973, as a protest against school fees hike and grew up to dismissal of State government Assembly due to the Corruption in Gujarat. Mrs. Gandhi who had refused to dismiss the State Govt. for its corruption charges, was forced to