New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- BJP MP Nishikant Dubey took a jibe at the Congress for opposing the arrest of the activist Sonam Wangchuk, in connection with the Leh violence.

Dubey slammed Congress for former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's actions during the Emergency, citing the arrests of veteran BJP leader Vijaya Raje Scindia and former Andhra Pradesh Governor Bhim Sen Sachar.

He told ANI, "You are invoking the Constitution? But in 1975, Rajmata Scindia, who was a founding member of the BJP and Maharani of Gwalior, was arrested, and there were Income Tax raids. She and Gayatri Devi were imprisoned in Delhi's Tihar Jail in the death row cell, where there wasn't even a bathroom facility. You talk about women's empowerment?"

The BJP MP alleged i...