New Delhi, June 26 -- Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena said on Wednesday recalled that the Emergency imposed in the country paralleled the "cruelty" of the Sultanate, Mughal and British eras.
Speaking at an event at Thyagraj stadium to mark the 50th anniversary of Emergency imposition in the country, Saxena said it has now become a "fashion" to carry a copy of the Constitution and talk about constitutionality.
"We need to first understand the soul and the culture of India enshrined in the Constitution. If we achieve this, we would not require waving the copy of the Constitution," the LG said in an apparent reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Save Democracy' call.
Not only the democracy and civil rights were "brutally...