AP celebrates anniversary of emergency with editor's arrest
It was on this day 33 years ago that Madam Indira Gandhi imposed emergency and locked up journalists and politicians. Today Andhra Pradesh is the only major state in India totally under Congress Rule. The Chief Minister of AP goes around promising Indiramma Rajyam . And Indiramma is still an icon in Andhra Pradesh ! Maybe in pursuance of that ambition, the State of AP celebrated the anniversary of the Emergency by arresting the Editor of Andhra Jyoti , a famous vernacular journey. The Editor and a couple of his colleagues were arrested under the provisions of the S C /ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Nothing wrong !, but the timing was great. They arrested the Editor at 10 pm when he must have been at his busiest worst. The whole idea must have been to stop the edition the next day.
Every autocratic government that tried to ensure that the pen is condomed , has failed but arrogance driven by power never realises that and the dim-witted politicians continue to ignore the lessons of history.