Earlier, Prime Minister Modi in sharp criticism of the Congress had reportedly said that the dark days of the Emergency are a reminder of how the Congress Party trampled over the Constitution of India.

"Today is a day to pay homage to all those great men and women who resisted the emergency. The Dark Days of Emergency remind us of how the Congress Party subverted basic freedoms and trampled over the Constitution of India, which every Indian respects greatly," PM Modi wrote on X.

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He further wrote that just to cling on to power, the then Congress government disregarded every democratic principle.

"Just to cling on to power, the then Congress government disregarded every democratic principle and made the nation into a jail. Any person who disagreed with Congress was tortured and harassed. Socially regressive policies were unleashed to target the weakest sections" the prime minister added.

Hitting out at the main opposition party, he added in posts on X that those who imposed the Emergency have no right to profess their love for our Constitution.

He wrote, "These are the same people who have imposed Article 356 on innumerable occasions, got a Bill to destroy press freedom, destroyed federalism and violated every aspect of the Constitution."

As per the news agency report, BJP top leaders like JP Naddam Rajnath Singh, Jaishankar also launched a scathing attack on Congress over the emergency period.

The Emergency, which is reportedly considered to be one of the most controversial periods of independent India's history, was imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from June 25, 1975, to 1977.

There were political arrests, mass forced sterilisation and beautification drives among others during the period, reported ANI.

All key opposition leaders at the time, including Atal Bihari Vajpayee, LK Advani, and Jay Prakash Narayanan, among others, were either jailed or placed under detention.

(With inputs from ANI)