TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Union Home Minister and former BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday criticised former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi saying one family”s “greed for power” led to the imposition of Emergency 45 years ago and the country was turned into a prison.
In a series of tweets, Shah said, “On this day, 45 years ago one family”s greed for power led to the imposition of the Emergency. Overnight the nation was turned into a prison. The press, courts, free speech… all were trampled over. Atrocities were committed on the poor and downtrodden.”
He said that due to the efforts of lakhs of people, the Emergency was lifted. “Democracy was restored in India, but it remained absent in the Congress. The interests of one family prevailed over party interests and national interests. This sorry state of affairs thrives in today”s Congress too,” Shah said in another tweet.
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