Weighing in on the effect of The Emergency on Indias diplomacy, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that Indian anglers have actually been getting detained by Sri Lankan authorities due to an arrangement made by the then federal government with the neighbouring country.At the time, numerous big choices would be taken without an argument.
These days, there is a discussion about our anglers going to Sri Lanka and getting apprehended there.
That is due to the fact that of a contract signed with Sri Lanka at the time of Emergency, under which the rights of the fishermen to fish in some part of Sri Lankan waters were given up by us, he was quoted as stating by The Indian Express.Jaishankars statement comes at a time when the DMK federal government in poll-bound Tamil Nadu has consistently written to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), raising concerns about the concern, looking for the Centres intervention to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of Indian fishermen.As per government data, Sri Lanka arrested more than 528 Indian fishermen in 2024.
If it was not for an Emergency Parliament, if Parliament at the time was a real Parliament, there would have been a dispute and I do not understand if the Parliament would have allowed such an agreement, he stated, adding, The decisions taken at the time still reveal their effect in the state of Tamil Nadu.The state is expected to go to surveys early next year.Jaishankar was addressing the inaugural session of a mock Parliament arranged by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, during which he likewise remembered that during the Emergency, the opposition side of the Parliament was empty as leaders were jailed.On the 50th anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency, Jaishankar took goal at the Congress on Friday, specifying that one familys interests were placed above the country.
All this happened due to the fact that of one household There is a motion picture titled Kissa Kursi Ka these 3 words aptly tell the reason behind the imposition of the Emergency.
When a family is considered above the country, things like the Emergency take place, Jaishankar said.Between 25 June 1975 and 21 March 1977, India was put under a state of Emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution.
The Emergency, declared in a backdrop of mounting political unrest and judicial advancements that shook the legitimacy of the judgment management, marked a turning point in Indian constitutional history.-- With Agencies Inputs