Lucknow, June 24 -- Ahead of the 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas' to be observed on June 25, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday stated that he imposition of emergency in the country was the murder of democracy and a disrespect of the Constitution.

"The imposition of emergency in this country, in a way, is the murder of democracy, disrespect of the constitution... This was the beginning of such atrocities, due to which there was an atmosphere of terror in the whole country, sending innocent people to jail, harassing political and social activists, and the work of bringing many such ordinances was done, which cannot be justified in any way. But the whole country got agitated, and as a result of the movement, the gov...