Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath vehemently criticized the Congress, marking the 50th anniversary of the 1975 emergency as a dark chapter in India`s parliamentary history. He accused the then Congress government, led by Indira Gandhi, of suffocating democracy by suspending the Constitution and imprisoning opposition leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Morarji Desai, Jayaprakash Narayan, and Lal Krishna Advani. Yogi Adityanath emphasized that despite changes in personnel, the Congress party`s fundamental nature and actions remain unchanged, echoing the authoritarian tendencies witnessed half a century ago. This anniversary serves as a reminder of the perils of curtailing democratic freedoms.