New Delhi, June 25 -- As the Centre marks the 50th anniversary of the Emergency as 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas', Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress party over the imposition of Emergency in 1975, terming it as the "darkest chapter" in India's democratic history.

Congress responded to the remarks made by the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, accusing the 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.

Earlier on Wednesday, in a series of posts on X, Prime Minister Modi said that the Congress government in 1975 had put democracy under arrest.

"Today marks fifty years since one of the darkest chapters in Indi...