India, Nov. 1 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday targeted Congress MP Rahul Gandhi amid the Opposition's ongoing stir against alleged SIR irregularities and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

Addressing a Mahayuti rally in Thane, Fadnavis recalled the Emergency period and accused Congress of hypocrisy on constitutional safeguards. "In1975, Indira Gandhi led a Congress-imposed emergency by emending the Constitution and taking away the powers from the Supreme Court. The powers were given to the courts by Dr BR Ambedkar's Constitution were taken away by the Congress," the chief minister said.

He said that the erstwhile Indira Gandhi-led government had curtailed fundamental rights and undermined democrat...