Lucknow, Oct. 17 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday recalled key moments in India's political and constitutional history, including the imposition of the Emergency in 1975 and the abrogation of Article 370, while addressing the fifth convocation ceremony of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University in Lucknow.

Addressing the graduating students, he recalled the Emergency imposed in 1975 and highlighted the dissent expressed by former Supreme Court Justice Hans Raj Khanna, saying the period taught the country the difference between the rule of law and the rule by law.

"This is the same Uttar Pradesh whose High Court annulled the election of the person sitting on India's most powerful seat on June 12. Exactly 1...