New Delhi, June 25 -- Union Ministers and senior leaders on Thursday launched a strong attack on the 1975 Emergency, describing it as a "dark chapter" in India's democratic history and a period marked by the suppression of constitutional rights, civil liberties, and freedom of expression.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, in a post on X, termed June 25, 1975, as a "dark chapter of Indian democracy," saying the Emergency was imposed "in the greed for power."

"25 June 1975 - That dark chapter of Indian democracy, when, in the greed for power, the Emergency was imposed on the country, suppressing the fundamental spirit of the Constitution, democratic rights, and the freedom of expression. Even in such difficult circumstances, those young people...