A host of figures from esteemed institutions, including the World Bank, London School of Economics, United Nations University (UNU-WIDER), International Food Policy Research Institute and Cornell University, will gather in Lincoln this June as the city hosts the fourth Development Economics Conference (DEC 2024).
Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi an 'outdated' issue, must be buried: Sena's Sanjay Raut indiatoday.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatoday.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi was in conversation with Professor Kaushik Basu of Cornell University, India’s former economic adviser when he commented that the Emergency of 1975 imposed by Indira Gandhi, the late Prime Minister and his Grandmother was a mistake. “That was a mistake, my grandmother (Indira Gandhi) said as much”.
However he also said what happened in that period was wrong, but different from the current scenario as at no point of time has the Congress attempted to capture the institutional frameworks of India. He alleged that the members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have been infiltrating the institutions of the country, targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party. According to him, it would be impossible to get rid of its members even if the BJP was defeated in the election.