Bikaner, Nov. 7 -- Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Saturday criticised Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi over her remarks regarding democracy, made to the national daily 'The Hindu'. He recalled the 1975 Emergency when journalists were silenced, and several political leaders were put behind bars during Congress rule.

Speaking to ANI, he hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, crediting him for strengthening democracy and declaring India as the "mother of democracy."

"The article makes certain observations regarding democracy. I would like to ask Sonia ji: does she not recall the period of 1975, when democracy was strangled? Thousands of senior leaders from various political parties were thrown into jail, a...