BJP will today observe black day across the country to mark the anniversary of the Emergency imposed in 1975 by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.<br />''<br />''Senior party leaders and Union ministers will hold press conferences and address seminars and hall meeting programmes on Emergency.<br />''<br />''BJP spokesperson Anil Baluni said press conferences and seminars will be organised at nearly 22 places across the country to make the new generation aware about how the Congress had murdered democracy by imposing Emergency.<br />''<br />''Mr Baluni said such mass awareness is needed so that no one could dare to impose Emergency in the future. He said the idea is to highlight how the Emergency was the darkest period of independent India. <br />''<br />''Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, the Black Day being observed by the BJP today to mark the 43rd anniversary of Emergency is not just to criticise the Congress for attacking Constitution but to create awareness about its perils.<br />''<br />''Mr Modi was addressing a BJP event in Mumbai, organised to express gratitude towards those who fought against the Emergency in 1975.<br />''<br />''The Prime Minister said, those who speak of protecting the Constitution turned the country into a jail for the sake of one family, by imprisoning prominent Opposition leaders during Emergency.<br />''<br />''Mr Modi also criticised the Congress for finding fault with functioning of the Election Commission and the EVMs. He said, this stance is due to the party's decline from 400 seats to 44 in Lok Sabha polls.