Congress Crushed Spirit Of Constitution To Keep Family In Power: Amit Shah
NDTV
Mr Shah made the remarks on the 49th anniversary of the 1975 Emergency.
Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah came out strongly against the Congress on Tuesday for imposing the Emergency in the country and said the opposition party crushed the spirit of the Constitution several times for the sake of "maintaining a certain family in power". The Congress crushed the spirit of our Constitution several times for the sake of maintaining a certain family in power.Indira Gandhi unleashed ruthless atrocities on the people of India during Emergency.The yuvraj of the Congress party has forgotten that his grandmother… pic.twitter.com/Qau9k68A8W
On the 49th anniversary of the 1975 Emergency, Mr Shah also hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, calling him the "yuvraj" of the party and saying it has forgotten that his grandmother Indira Gandhi had imposed the Emergency and his father Rajiv Gandhi said in Parliament on July 23, 1985, that "there is nothing wrong with an emergency".
"The Congress crushed the spirit of our Constitution several times for the sake of maintaining a certain family in power. Indira Gandhi unleashed ruthless atrocities on the people of India during Emergency," Mr Shah wrote on 'X'.
