Shivraj Singh Chouhan recounted his Emergency experience, detailing his arrest as a student for protesting Indira Gandhi's government. He described police brutality and imprisonment for over 9 months.
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, recounted his personal ordeal during the Emergency period imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in an interview with ABP News Political Editor Megha Prasad. Chouhan, who was a school student at the time, alleged that the crackdown on dissent was so severe that India was reduced to “a prison” where “there was no appeal, no lawyer, no hearing, and no one to listen.”
“Became Involved with JP Movement During School Days”: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Recalling the events of the Emergency period, Chouhan said he was a student of Class 11 at Bhopal Model School when he actively joined the movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan. “I was the president of the school. The JP movement was ongoing, against inflation, unemployment, corruption and a flawed education system. A protest was held in Bhopal against inflation. The then Congress government opened fire, resulting in the death of eight people. From that moment, I got deeply involved in the JP movement,” he said.
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