Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, who is out on bail after spending twenty-three months in Sitapur jail, stated on Wednesday that the difference between the Emergency and the undeclared emergency is that now even brutality is no longer alive.

He claimed that he was accused of theft, but the punishment he received was for robbery.

Speaking to the media, Khan, one of the party’s founding members, said, “It is true that among the founding members, I am the only one alive… This is the third episode of my life. First, the Emergency from 1975 to 1977. Then, 27 months, and then 23 months. These 27 and 23 months are so heavy that I don’t remember any wounds or memories of the Emergency.”

He further criticised the alleged undeclared emergency under the BJP rule and said, “Humanity was alive at t

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