SAMVIDHAN HATYA DIWAS 2025″ AT RAJ BHAVAN GOA INAUGURATED

Panaji, June 30, 2025

The Government of India has decided to celebrate June 25 and 26, 2025 of this one year as ‘Constitution Assassination Day’. Every Raj Bhavan should organized one year program for the protection of the Constitution and Democracy.

As India marks ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’ it underscores the nation’s commitment to learn from its past and reaffirm its dedication to democracy, the Raj Bhavan, Goa is pleased to announce that the Governor of Goa, Shri. P. S. Sreedharan Pillai has commemorated and conducted a program to mark the ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas Raj Bhavan, on June 26, 2025 in the Old Durbar, which was attended by guests/dignitaries.

Further to mark the 50th anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency in India, Samvidhan Hatya Divas’ and the manner in which the country was reduced to a prison during the Emergency, the soul of the country made dumb, the courts made deaf and pens of the writers were made to fall silent, keeping those things in mind and after giving it a thought, it was decided to commemorate as ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’.

Similarly, the Government of India has announced a year-long observance of “Constitution Murder Day” from June 25, 2025, to June 25, 2026, to mark the 50th anniversary of Emergency imposed on June 25, 1975. This initiative aims to commemorate one of darkest chapters in India’s democratic history, raise awareness among citizens especially the youth-and reaffirm India’s commitment to constitutional values democratic ethics, and civil liberties.

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