"Should we call Indira Gandhi a saint for imprisoning Constitution?": BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla slams Congress

New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzad Poonawalla slammed Congress government in Karnataka over the registration of FIR against state BJP unit iover a social media post related to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Speaking to ANI, Poonawalla pointed out that rather focussing on the social media post, Karantaka Congress should focus on setting up the accountability for the "murder" of 11 people in the Bengaluru stampede.
"Now will there be an FIR on stating facts? Should we call Indira Gandhi a saint for imprisoning the constitution? and for the way sterilisation of crores was done, lakhs were put in jail, lakhs were made homeless, basic constitutional rights were ripped off, 250 journalists were imprisoned. There are no FIR on the people who call PM Modi Hitler and demean him each day," BJP spokesperson said.
"Today Karnataka Congress is screaming that they have Emergency-like DNA. There is no accountability for the 'murder' of 11 people in stampede, multiple scams, inflation and breaking promises made in manifesto, girl child harassed in broad daylight. This represents their priority," he added.
This comes after an FIR was registered against Karnataka BJP over their controversial social media post on X, targeting former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Earlier today, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara defended the registration of an FIR against the Karnataka BJP for its controversial post on 'X' targeting former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, saying the action was taken in response to complaints.
Speaking to reporters, Parameshwara said, "FIRs are registered based on certain complaints or suo moto if there are some things which generate animosity among people. In this case, if someone tries to malign the leader who served the country for many years and considers the positive development during that time, naturally, some people will object."
Karnataka BJP Chief BY Vijayendra defended the party's social media post, claiming that it was an apt description of the emergency imposed.
"Yesterday was the completion of 50 years of the day when Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in the country. This issue has been discussed nationwide. What is wrong with the BJP's comparison of Indira Gandhi to Hitler? The world knows how the entire democracy collapsed to save her power... Senior leaders, Sangh parivar, everybody was put behind bars, and the media was suppressed... Probably DK Shivakumar must go back and learn what history has to say about the Emergency, about how democracy was suppressed," he said.
Between 25 June 1975 and 21 March 1977, India was placed under a state of Emergency under Article 352 of the Constitution. On 25 June 1975, the then-President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed issued the Emergency Proclamation under Article 352, citing threats from internal disturbance. This was the third Emergency in India's history, but the first one declared in peacetime. Earlier proclamations were during wars with China (1962) and Pakistan (1971). (ANI)