SHIMLA: As the Union Cabinet passed a resolution to observe the 50th anniversary of the Emergency as 'Samvidhan Hatya Divas', Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, on Thursday, said that the government is putting this forward to the public so the dark day does not repeat.

Addressing the media in Shimla, Rijiju said, "Yesterday in the Cabinet, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we passed a resolution. India is the largest democracy in the world...democracy should stay alive, that's our responsibility."

"On June 25, 1975, in the wee hours, the Emergency was imposed. The media suffered the Emergency's biggest rage as the media was strangled," he added.

On Samvidhan Hatya Divas, the Union Minister said, "Today, when 50 years of Emergency...we are bringing this among the public so such a dark day does not repeat in the history of India. So, we observed this as Samvidhan Hatya Divas. The Cabinet passed it as the Cabinet has the responsibility to run the state.

Remembering the Emergency, he said that leaders were imprisoned, and one family became bigger than the nation.

"When the Emergency was imposed, all big leaders were jailed...One family became bigger than the nation. When one family, one person, becomes above the Constitution, democracy dies. So we should not forget it as a 50-year-old incident, but it should be remembered so that no leader or citizen repeats it," he said.