Shimla, June 26 -- Calling the imposition of emergency, the "dark chapter of democracy", leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday said, "It was the murder of the Constitution. Such a step was never taken by any democratic government in the world in the past. This is due to one person, her ambitions and becoming bigger than the Constitution of the country," terming the emergency day as a "black day".

"Emergency was the product of the Congressmen's evil mentality. The country's then Prime Minister, late Indira Gandhi, mistook the Constitution of India as the Constitution of Indira," said former chief minister.

Thakur said, "Unfortunately, even today the Congress does not accept its wrongdoings. That is why when the Sukhu governmen...