Karnal/Chandigarh, June 26 -- Marking the 50th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency, the ruling BJP in Haryana launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing it of "crushing the Constitution" and "murdering democracy." State-level and district-level programmes were held under the banner of "Samvidhan Hatya Diwas" on Wednesday to remind citizens of what the BJP termed "a dark chapter in India's democratic history".

At a state-level event in Karnal, chief minister Nayab Singh Saini accused the Congress of betraying the Constitution for political gains. "Undermining the core values of the Constitution is in the DNA of the Congress, even though they pretend to be its protectors," he said.

Recalling the 1975 Emergency imposed by ...