Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (MS)

Bengaluru, Jun 27: Congress MLC B K Hariprasad on Sunday June 27 hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his tweet on Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi, and said that those 'responsible' for Godhra riots have no right to criticise Emergency.

In an official statement released to the media, Hariprasad said, "People who are responsible for the Godhra massacre of 2002, murder of thousands of innocents and loss of Rs 5,000 crore do not have the moral right to criticize Emergency imposed by the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi."

Hariprasad further said, "People who are supposed to be inside Sabarmati prison of Gujarat are ruling our country. Influential foreign minister of USA Henry Kissinger, praising Indira Gandhi in his autobiography said that Indira Gandhi was a brave and intelligent leader. Indira Gandhi divided Pakistan and became a model to the next generation. She not only made India a nuclear power but also made the country achieve self-reliance in food and defence sectors.

"The present government led by BJP leaders has grown undeclared emergency in the country. It is using CBI, IT and ED to tame its political opponents. This government is scaring the governments of opposition parties and luring them through money and threats and bringing them down.

"This government led by BJP is detrimental to the democracy and freedom of expression. It has jailed senior citizens and does not provide them even basic medical facilities and instead enjoys sadistic pleasure at their pain. Do these people have the ability to criticize emergency? These BJP fascists who are destroying democracy and the Constitution of the country have lost the moral right to criticize a bold and brave leader like Indira Gandhi," he said.