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Students' textbooks should include chapter on it, says Naidu
Updated On: 25 June, 2024 02:55 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
He said the students should be made aware of how it came to be imposed in the country by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. File Photo
Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that there should be a lesson in textbooks about Emergency in 1975 that tainted the country`s democracy. He said the students should be made aware of how it came to be imposed in the country, reported ANI.
Speaking on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency, Naidu said, "The Emergency has put a taint on the country`s democracy. There should be a lesson in the textbooks for all the students about what was and how it was imposed. Students should know that an emergency was imposed and how lakhs of people were arrested," as reported by ANI.
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