I Was In Jail, Hadnt Heard Of Modi, Nadda, Who Lecture Freedom, RJD Chief Lalu Yadav Recalls Emergency

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav's remark on the dark days of Emergency seem to have drawn a sharp criticism by the BJP. In an article titled 'The Sangh Silence in 1975', the RJD patriarch had said that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imprisoned several political leaders but "never abused" them.

Sharing an excerpt from the article on X, the RJD chief said that despite 1975 being a stain on the nation's democracy, let's not forget who doesn't respect the opposition in 2024.

"I was the convener of the steering committee that Jayaprakash Narayan had constituted to carry forward the movement against the excesses of emergency imposed by the then PM Indira Gandhi. I was in jail under the Maintenance of Security Act (MISA) for over 15 months. My colleagues and I did not know many of the BJP ministers speaking about the emergency today. We hadn't heard of Modi, JP Nadda, and some of the PM's other ministerial colleagues who today lectured us on the value of freedom," he wrote on X.