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Dhawan nixes reports of Sonia's 'reservations' about Emergency

Key Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist says Bengal ex-CM Siddhartha Shankar Ray was its 'architect'

Emergency darkest phase; dictatorship not possible now: Jaitley

It is not possible today for the world's largest democracy to become 'dictatorial', Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said, while terming the Emergency imposed by the then Congress government in 1975 as the darkest phase of independent India. Jaitley said Emergency was a phase which showed that a democracy can be converted into a dictatorship by using some provisions of the Constitution and all the major institutions like bureaucracy, police, media and judiciary can collapse. "I think, today the global awareness is in favour of the democracy and the kind of sanctions which can be imposed on a dictatorship itself can be a deterrent. "I think, the media is also strong, the polity is strong and the global institutions are also strong. The world would not accept the world's largest democracy becoming dictatorial today," Jaitley told PTI in an interview here. A major controversy broke out recently after BJP patriarch L K Advani expressed concerns that "forces that can crush democracy ..

Emergency redux? Highly unlikely: FinMin

The world would not accept the world's largest democracy becoming dictatorial today: Jaitley

Emergency darkest period; vibrant democracy key to progress: PM Modi

On the 40th anniversary of the Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a vibrant liberal democracy is the key to progress and that everything should be done to strengthen democratic ideals and ethos.

Govt has imposed undeclared Emergency in country: Congress

Congress today accused the government of imposing an "undeclared emergency" in the country after Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed Emergency as one of the "darkest period" in India's history on its 40th anniversary.

Country turned into a jail during Emergency: PM

On the 40th anniversary of Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit out at the Indira Gandhi government, saying that the nation was bound with chains and turned into a jail then due to "lust for power". A day after Union Cabinet chaired by him decided to set up a national memorial for socialist icon Jai Prakash Narayan in his birthplace in Bihar, the Prime Minister said that the memorial will always be an inspiration to democracy-loving citizens of the country. "Nobody can forget June 25-26 in the history of India. 40 years back, the country was bound with chains of Emergency and turned into a jail for the lust for power. "Lakhs of patriots nursing the dream of 'Sampoorna Kranti' under the leadership of JP were jailed. Newspaper offices were locked and the radio aired only what the government then wanted," Modi said without naming then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He was speaking at the launch of Smart Cities Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban ...

On its 40th anniversary, Twitter recalls Emergency in different strokes

Marking the 40 years of the Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted calling it 'one of India's darkest periods', and stresssed that 'a vibrant liberal democracy is the key to progress'.

Modi says India was converted into a jail when Emergency was imposed

Advani had recently said in an interview that Emergency-like situation could emerge again and forces that can crush democracy are stronger now