Former PM H D Devegowda calls on Vice President Dhankhar in New Delhi

New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) Rajya Sabha member H D Devegowda on Saturday called on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar in the national capital here on Saturday.

“Former Prime Minister & Member of Rajya Sabha, Shri H.D. Devegowda ji called on the Hon’ble Vice-President & Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar at Vice-President’s Enclave today. #RajyaSabha @H_D_Devegowda” Vice President said in a post on X.

Taking to the social media platform ‘X,’ Devegowda also said “Met Hon’ble @VPIndia Jagdeep Dhankhar avaru this morning, in Delhi. It was a courtesy meeting”.

Earlier, Vice President Dhankhar stressed that the imposition of emergency was a sacrilege of Dharma that cannot be countenanced, condoned, overlooked or forgotten.

Addressing the 8th International Dharma Dhamma Conference at Gujarat University on Friday, Dhankhar stated, “This great nation was bled in 1975 with the proclamation of draconian emergency by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who in blatant and outrageous disregard of dharma acted dictatorially to cling to power and self-serve interest. It was sacrilege of Dharma.”

“It was Adharma that can neither be countenanced nor condoned. That was Adharma which cannot be overlooked or forgotten. Over a lakh people were imprisoned. Some of them became Prime Ministers, Presidents, and Vice Presidents and occupied positions of public service. And all this was done to satisfy whims of one,” the Vice-President said.

Drawing attention to the recent observance of ‘Samvidhan Hatya Divas’ on June 25 he underlined, “As a tribute to Dharma, as a commitment to Dharma, to serve Dharma, to so belief in Dharma, Observance of Constitution Day on November 26 and Constitution Hatya Divas on June 25 are necessary! They are grim reminders of transgressions of Dharma and call for spirited adherence to constitutional Dharma. Observance of these days is also significant as, during the worst curse of democracy- the emergency, all checks and balances and institutions collapsed including that of the Supreme Court.”

“It is essential to nurture Dharma, to sustain Dharma we are adequately informed. Our youngsters the new generations come to know about it more vividly so that we are spinally strong in observation of Dharma and neutralise the dangers which we faced once,” Dhankar added.