Mumbai, June 25 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday took a jibe at the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the BJP after NCERT introduced a topic on the 1975 Emergency in a Class 9 textbook, stating that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi did not break any party.

The 'breaking a party' jibe came as six of nine UBT Sena Lok Sabha MPs switched to Shiv Sena.

Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Raut claimed that the country has been under an Emergency for the last 12 years.

Defending the 1975 Emergency, he said that the Constitution has a provision for it.

He said, "There is Emergency in this country for the last 12 years. Indira Gandhi did not break any political party or abolish the Constitution. The Emergency is not just a ...