"Govt must examine Shah Commission report and place it in house": RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar

Jul 26, 2024

New Delhi [India], July 27 : Vice President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankhar, emphasised that the government must examine the authentic report of the Shah Commission and place it in the house as it relates to the "darkest period of Indian democracy."
VP Dhankhar replied after BJP member Deepak Prakash, during the zero hour, demanded that the Shah Commission report be made public.
The Rajya Sabha Chairman told the government that the member had raised an issue of grave public importance.
"The report relates to the darkest period of Indian democracy; the government must examine the authentic report and place it on the table of the House," Dhankhar said.
The Shah Commission was appointed by the Government of India to inquire into excesses of the Emergency (1975-77), imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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