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In a grand statement Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the emergency imposed by his grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was a “mistake.” During a virtual conversation with Professor Kaushik Basu of Cornwell University in the United States, the deputy of Congress said that what happened during that …

Congressman Rahul Gandhi had a virtual interaction with prominent economist Kaushik Basu New Delhi: The emergency, imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for 21 months from 1975 to 1977, was a “mistake” and what happened in that period was “wrong,” Congress deputy Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday in a conversation …

Written by Apurva Vishwanath, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | December 17, 2020 8:43:30 pm The Supreme Court of India. (Photo Express) The Supreme Court agreed to study whether it should examine the constitutionality of the proclamation of National Emergency in 1975 by the then congressional government headed …

They say that at 74 you should do what you always wanted to do but couldn’t. Sonia Gandhi, 74, might be happier if she were away from the heat and dust of Delhi politics. Not only because the heat and dust affect her asthma, but because she has begun to …

WASHINGTON: Chuck Yeager, the American flight legend who was the first to break the sound barrier, was revered by the Pakistani military, but while his aerial feats were respected by many Indian pilots, his swagger and political partisanship was the target of attacks. jokes on the diplomatic circuit after he …

A former IPS official, who was in charge of security for former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was disqualified as a member of the Mizoram assembly on Friday under the anti-desertion law. Mizoram Assembly Speaker Lalrinliana Sailo disqualified Lalduhoma, who was chosen from Serchhip as an independent candidate in the 2018 …

Lalduhoma, a retired IPS official, was the opposition leader representing the Zoram People’s Movement. The first member of the Indian parliament to be disqualified from the Lok Sabha has now been disqualified as a member of the board of directors in Mizoram. Mizoram Assembly Speaker Lalrinliana Sailo on Friday excluded …

A photograph of Indira Gandhi, shared by her grandson Rahul Gandhi. Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi remembered Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary as a capable prime minister and beloved grandmother. Sharing a black and white photograph of Indira Gandhi, India’s first female prime minister, on her 103rd birthday, Rahul Gandhi …

Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to his grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on Thursday on her 103rd birthday. On Twitter, Gandhi remembered her as an “efficient prime minister” and as someone who was a “form of power.” “I pay my tribute on the anniversary of Smt’s birth. …

It is quite poignant, and completely misleading, that the BJP crowd, led by Union Interior Minister Amit Shah and party chairman JP Nadda, shed crocodile tears over the ‘assault on press freedom’ in the matter of its Republic. Coming from these commissioners a danda regime, this extraordinary – and revealing …