Sonia Gandhi tried to declare state of emergency, alleges Swamy

Inaugurating a meeting to mark the 41st anniversary of the Emergency Thiruvananthapuram, Swamy said no more emergency could be declared in the country because of the significant constitutional amendment passed by the Janata government which had come into power after the Emergency had been withdrawn in 1975.

Mounting a scathing attack on Sonia Gandhi, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy said on Saturday that the Congress chief wanted to declare a state of emergency in the country by “cooking up Hindu terror business” in the period 2011-12.

Rajya Sabha MP and senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy speaks during a meeting on Indian Economic and Political Outlook in Mumbai.(PTI File Photo)

Inaugurating a meeting to mark the 41st anniversary of the Emergency Thiruvananthapuram, Swamy said no more emergency could be declared in the country because of the significant constitutional amendment passed by the Janata government which had come into power after the Emergency had been withdrawn in 1975.

“In 2011-12, Sonia Gandhi was planning to declare a state of emergency in the country and she had cooked up this Hindu terror business,” he said.

Swamy said he would soon release further details in this regard.