NEW DELHI, June 18 � LK Advani�s remarks that �forces that can crush democracy are stronger� now and Emergency was possible triggered speculation whether it was directed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi which the Opposition parties felt it was indeed pointed at him, reports PTI.
Congress and other rivals of BJP utilised the statement given by Advani in an interview to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accusing the government of undermining Parliament and other institutions.
�At the present point of time, the forces that can crush democracy, notwithstanding the constitutional and legal safeguards, are stronger,� Advani told the Indian Express. In the years since the Emergency in 1975-77, he said, �I don�t think anything has been done that gives the assurance that civil liberties will not be suspended or destroyed again. Not at all.�