New Delhi, June 26 -- Paying tributes to those who fought for protection of democracy during Emergency era in 1975, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday described the policies of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Government as cruel, dictatorial and insensitive.
The Chief Minister stated that the Emergency that began on June 25 lasted for 21 months, during which lakhs of people were imprisoned without cause. "There was no appeal, no argument and no hearing - it was the darkest chapter in the history of Indian democracy," she said.
Rekha Gupta made these observations on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the declaration of Emergency. Delhi Government commemorated the day as "Constitution Betrayal Day" by organising a sp...