Mysuru, July 6 -- Emergency was wrong; it should never have happened: Veteran Congress leader

Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar expressed concern that today's citizens are overly consumed by religion, political ideology and faiths, while paying little attention to pressing local issues such as basic infrastructure and civic amenities. "This is a sad development and I'm not sure where this will lead us," he remarked.

Aiyar was speaking this morning during a panel discussion titled 'Decades of Diplomacy, Democracy and Political Developments' on Day-2 of the ninth edition of the Mysuru Literature Festival-2025, organised by the Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs Charitable Trust at Hotel Southern Star in ...