Union Minister and BJP President J.P. Nadda today hit out at the Congress saying that there is no scope for democracy in the thinking of the Congress or in its working style. The BJP President was addressing a “Dark Days of Democracy” program organized at BJP Headquarters in New Delhi in protest against the Emergency imposed on 1975.

Mr Nadda said that during the Emergency , prominent leaders including Morarji Desai, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L K Advani were put behind bars overnight  for more than 19 months. He said, they were imprisoned because they raised their voice to protect the democracy. Saying that  India is known as the mother of democracy, Mr Nadda alleged that Congress tried to strangulate the country’s democracy by imposing Emergency.

Mr Nadda said that the Congress leaders are talking about Constitution but actually they should visit Rajghat and apologise to the nation as they have throttled the democracy. He said,it is Congress which has toppled the elected government 90 times.

On the issue of election of Lok Sabha Speaker, the BJP President said that the Congress wants to make the election of the Speaker conditional. He said, in states like Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu where INDI Alliance is ruling, the position of Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the Assembly is held by the members of the ruling party.