Monthly Archives: March 2024

Sending Police to Beat Us up Won’t Silence Us: Pinarayi’s Speech in the Legislative Assembly after Emergency

Pinarayi Vijayan was among the first ten opposition MLAs who were taken into custody immediately after the declaration of Emergency in 1975. On the night of September 28, 1975, Pinarayi (then 30) was arrested and taken to the Koothuparambu police station. Five policemen beat him up through the day. His legs were broken. They kept kicking him till he lost consciousness. The press could not report this because of the censorship accompanying the Emergency. The leader of the opposition, E.M.S. [...]