Indian democracy 'truly murdered' in 1975: Kiren Rijiju after Digvijaya Singh's 'thank you Germany' tweet

Law Minister and BJP leader Kiren Rijiju on Friday mounted a fresh attack on former Congress chief and his party leader Digvijaya Singh, saying Indian democracy was "truly murdered" in 1975 by the Congress, in a reference to the imposition of the Emergency.

No one went around crying seeking foreign power intervention, the minister said, asserting that Indians fought and restored democracy because democracy lives in the minds and souls of the Indian people.

"When Indian democracy was truly murdered in 1975 by the Congress Party, no one went around crying in foreign land to seek foreign power intervention. Indian people fought and restored democracy because democracy lives in the minds and souls of Indians," Rijiju said.

Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal, who quit the Congress last year, said, "we don't need endorsements from abroad" as "our fight is our own". He also asserted that "we don't need crutches to walk ahead".

Several BJP leaders on Thursday attacked Congress after senior party leader Digvijaya Singh thanked the German foreign ministry and Richard Walker, Chief International Editor of Deutsche Welle, for "taking note of how democracy is being compromised in India through the persecution of Rahul Gandhi".