On the 41st anniversary of the Emergency, BJP leaders including several Union ministers attacked Congress on Saturday, saying its design to bring "authoritarianism" was defeated by the then united opposition and asked it to "repent".
"41 years ago, Congress declared emergency and brought authoritarianism and tried to end democracy. Sangh, Jansangh and opposition parties together fought the battle and people supported it. That is why the danger to the democracy was finished and intentions of authoritarianism was destroyed," he tweeted.
Javadekar, who was among the imprisoned leaders during the Emergency, said that Yervada jail had then turned into a "political university".
Union Minister Giriraj Singh tweeted "On June 25, 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed emergency. A day for Congress to repent and realise that the country belongs to common (man) not Congress."
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