Shashi Tharoor rekindles Emergency debate, critiques Congress silence, warns against centralised power
New Delhi: In a move likely to deepen his rift with Congress leadership, senior party leader Shashi Tharoor has written an article on the 1975 Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government. While reflecting on its excesses and long-term lessons, he also took aim at his party colleagues for having “downplayed” those excesses over the years.