India, July 10 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, in a new article that takes a critical look at the past, has written about lessons from the Emergency imposed by the then PM Indira Gandhi. Published around the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, Tharoor's article specifically cited how her son Sanjay Gandhi's actions were an example of cruelty in the name of discipline.

He mentioned "the forced vasectomy campaigns led by Gandhi's son, Sanjay, and concentrated in poorer and rural areas, where coercion and violence were used to meet arbitrary targets".

"Slum demolitions, carried out with ruthless efficiency in urban centers like New Delhi, rendered thousands homeless, with little to no concern for their welfare." the Thiruvananthapuram MP wro...