Lucknow, June 25 -- As the Centre marks the 50th anniversary of the Emergency as 'Samvidhan Hatya Divas', Samajwadi Party leader Ravidas Mehrotra recalled him and other SP leaders being jailed during the Emergency and said that the Constitution and democracy were murdered.

"Tomorrow, June 25, marks 50 years since the Emergency. Fifty years ago, the Constitution and democracy in the country were murdered, and the government was run through a dictatorship. We were imprisoned during the Emergency...We have decided to observe June 25 tomorrow as 'Samvidhan Raksha Divas'...We will tie a black band on our arms and take a pledge to protect the constitution," Mehrotra told ANI on Tuesday.

The Central government has decided to mark the 50 years ...