Prime Minister Narendra Modi today recited lines from a poem penned by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Samvidhan Hatya Diwas. In a social media post, Mr. Modi said that the poem is not merely a collection of lines but a vivid expression of the pain, suffocation, and restrictions imposed on democracy during the Emergency period. He noted that Vajpayee’s timeless verses continue to give voice to one of the darkest chapters in India’s democratic history.

 

Sharing the poem, the Prime Minister urged people to listen to the words born from the sensibilities of Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji, which still gives words to the dark chapter of the Emergency. The lines of the poem are Jhulsata jeth maas, sharad chandni udaas, siski bharte saawan ka, antarghat beet gya, ek baras beet gya.