New Delhi, June 24 -- Noting that India is the mother of democracy, Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday slammed Congress for the imposition of Emergency in 1975 and said, "we overcame a dark chapter like the Emergency because our nation never bows down to dictatorship".

Addressing a programme on 50 years of Emergency at Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya here, Amit Shah said that Emergency was imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as she saw threat to her power and there was no external danger or internal unrest.

"Today is the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Emergency... There may arise a question why something that happened 50 years ago is being discussed now... When 50 years of any national event are completed, good or bad, its mem...