New Delhi, June 25 -- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using the 50th anniversary of the Emergency to divert public attention from issues like unemployment, inflation and demonetisation.

Kharge said the Modi-led government was trying to cover up its "failures and repeated lies" by marking the day as "Samvidhan Hatya Diwas" and focusing on a chapter of history that had ended decades ago.

Addressing a press conference, Kharge said, "We are facing an undeclared emergency in the country today... The BJP got rattled by our 'Samvidhan Bachao Yatra' and started talking about 50 years of Emergency. Those who could not do much during their tenure, also...