Country going through 'Super Emergency', says Mamata

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday asserted that the county is going through a period of "Super Emergency" and appealed to the people of the country to protect the rights and freedom guaranteed by the Constitution.

Banerjee urged countrymen to safeguard the constitutional values upon which the independent India was founded. September 15 is the International Day of Democracy.

"On the #International Day of Democracy today (Sunday), let us once again pledge to safeguard the constitutional values our country was founded on.. In this era of 'Super Emergency', we must do all it takes to protect the rights and

freedoms that our Constitution guarantees," Banerjee tweeted.

It may be mentioned that Banerjee in the recent past particularly before the Lok Sabha elections have time and again said that the country is going through 'Super Emergency' under the BJP-led NDA rule at the Centre. She had appealed to all like-minded parties to come together to 'restore the democratic institutions of the country.

In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly had resolved to observe September 15 every year as the International Day of Democracy to uphold and promote the principles of democracy.