New Delhi [India], June 26 (NT): On the 43rd anniversary of 1975 Emergency, which also known as black day of Indian democracy, Finance Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley wrote a two-part blog accusing Congress former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of turning democracy into the constitutional dictatorship . FM minister compared the first female PM of India with German dictator Adolf Hitler.
As we all know that June 25 marks the day when Indira Gandhi had declared a state of Emergency in the nation for a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977.
"Both Hitler & Mrs Gandhi never abrogated the Constitution. They used a republican Constitution to transform democracy into the dictatorship. Hitler arrested most of the opposition Members of Parliament and converted his minority Government in Parliament into a 2/3rd majority government," Jaitley’s blog read.
"The Representation of People Act was retrospectively amended to insert those provisions so that the invalid election of Mrs. Gandhi could be validated by changes in law. Unlike Hitler, Mrs. Gandhi went ahead to transform India into a 'dynastic Democracy,'“The blog further read.
In the support of his Union minister, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday backed Jaitley and shared the links of his Facebook posts on micro-blogging website Twitter.
"Shri @arunjaitley writes about the dark days of the Emergency, the trampling of personal liberties, excesses committed and how the Emergency was a direct attack on our Constitutional ideals. Do read his blogs," the Prime Minister tweeted