New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday took a sharp swipe at the Congress leadership, contrasting former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's "bluntness" in admitting her actions during the Emergency with what he termed the current party's failure to realise its own "shortcomings."

Taking to social media platform X, Rijiju shared an old interview of Indira Gandhi where she defended the imposition of the 1975 Emergency and the arrest of opposition leaders.

"Although... we do not agree with the policies and the steps taken by the former Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi ji, she was blunt in admitting the actions that she had taken. Now, Congress party is not even realising their own errors & shortcomings," Rijiju stated. ...