Tweeting on the anniversary of the 1975 Emergency, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee equated the last five years of NDA rule to a 'Super Emergency'.
https://twitter.com/MamataOfficial/status/1143336759205306368
Mamata made the comparison on the 44-year-anniversary of the day that former prime minister Indira Gandhi declared a State of Emergency in India.
Mamata had earlier referred to Modi's rule as a 'super dictatorship' in 2017, saying "Super dictatorship is going on (in the country). If somebody says anything, they (the Centre) will send the ED, or CBI or IT to their homes. All are scared of that." In 2016, she referred to his government as dictatorial in criticism of plans to rationalise centrally-sponsored schemes, calling it an 'attack on federalism'.
In turns, members of Modi's government have also referred to Mamata as dictatorial. BJP National Secretary Sunil Deodhar responded on Twitter saying the 'real super emergency' was under Mamata.
https://twitter.com/Sunil_Deodhar/status/1143393851953963008
In February, Union Minister Giriraj Singh referred to Mamata as a 'demon', comparing her to North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also tweeted on the occasion, highlighting how India's democratic ethos "prevailed over an authoritarian mindset".
CPI(M)'s party leader Sitaram Yechury also tweeted, saying that "greater resolve" was needed to tackle attacks on secular democracy, adding that "This attack is by those who don’t think India belongs to all its citizens. But it does, to all Indians irrespective of which god they pray to (or don’t)."
https://twitter.com/SitaramYechury/status/1143366594598322179
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also tweeted, saying "Let us resolve never to allow repetition of subversion of the Constitution of this great democracy."
https://twitter.com/ArvindKejriwal/status/1143382220066791424
The Emergency lasted for 21 months, officially ending on March 23, 1977, though it was lifted in principle in January that year when political prisoners were released and fresh elections were called.
