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પ્રધાન મંત્રી
PRIME MINISTER
New Delhi
July 29, 2000
PREFACE
I am happy to know that the third edition of the book
Sangharsh ma Gujarat (Gujarat during the Emergency) by Shri
Narendra Modi is being published as part of the observance this
year of the 25th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency rule
in India. The saga of the victory of democracy over
authoritatianism is incomplete without an honourable recognition
and fulspme commendation of Gujarat's contribution to it.
The State was integrally associated with this struggle both
before and during the Emergency rule. The people of Gujarat,
especially its youth, raised the banner of protest against corruption
and misrule of the then Congress government in 1974. The
courage and Nirman Samiti, attracted even a stalwart like the late
Jayprakash Narayan to lend his blessings and leadership to it. This
sent powerful waves of inspiration and activism across the
country, provoking the forces opposed to democracy to declare
a state of Emergency in June 1975. I have seen with my own eyes,
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