Chennai, June 25 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CR Kesavan on Wednesday demanded that the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi publicly apologise to the nation on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency.

Speaking to ANI, Kesavan said, "Today, the day which marks the imposition of Indira Gandhi's fascist emergency, the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi should immediately tender a public apology to our nation."

"Opposition parties like the DMK and the RJD, which are in an opportunistic alliance with the Congress party, should also persuade, prevail, and advise the Congress party to apologise," he added.

The Emergency, declared on this day in 1975, remains one of the darkest chapters in India's post-independence history. Fundamental rights...