One Family's Greed for Power Led to the Imposition of the Emergency: Amit Shah
HM Amit Shah launched an attack on Congress party and said that one family's greed for power led to the imposition emergency.
Shah tweeted, "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 added.
Shah further said due to efforts of lakhs of people, the emergency was lifted and the democracy was restored but it remained absent in Congress.
"The interests of one family prevailed over party interests and national interests. This sorry state of affairs thrives in today's Congress too!" he added.